Cocaine worth ₹19 crore seized from two air passengers from Tanzania
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized cocaine worth ₹19 crore on Sunday from two passengers from Tanzania, who arrived at the Cochin International Airport on Thursday from Ethiopia, via Doha.
The officers had received specific intelligence that the passengers, a man and a woman, would attempt to smuggle narcotic drugs into India, following which they were subjected to X-ray screening. It showed positive for foreign bodies inside their stomach and the duo were admitted to Apollo Adlux Hospital for extraction of the materials.
Around 100 capsules were recovered from the male passenger named Omari Athumani Jongo, which tested positive for cocaine. A total of 1,945 grams of cocaine worth ₹19 crore was seized from him. He was produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Angamaly and remanded to Aluva Sub Jail. The woman passenger was still admitted at the hospital and the recovery proceeding was going on, said sources.
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