Mumbai Information: Ugandan Man Hiding Cocaine Value Rs 7.85 Cr In Abdomen Held At Airport | India Information

Mumbai: Mumbai Customs seized 785 grams of cocaine value about Rs 7.85 crore from a Ugandan passenger at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Worldwide Airport, an official mentioned on Monday. The passenger had hid the contraband in his abdomen by ingesting it throughout the journey, he mentioned.

“Based mostly on suspicion, the passenger was intercepted by Mumbai Customs on the evening of April 9. Throughout interrogation, the accused was discovered to be stressed and anxious. He then admitted he had swallowed a lot of yellow tablets. A medical examination confirmed the tablets within the abdomen weighed 785 grams,” the official mentioned.

The tablets contained a white powdery substance suspected to be cocaine, he added. “The ingested drug, valued at Rs 7.85 crore, was recovered following a medical examination on Sunday. The Ugandan nationwide has been arrested below Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Additional probe into the case is underway,” he mentioned.