2 African women with 12 kg heroin held at Hyderabad airport

eds Adds details of another arrest Hyderabad, June 6 PTI Inseparate incidents, two African women have been caught with 12 kg of heroin worth Rs 78 crore, said Department of Revenue Intelligence DRI on Sunday.One of them carrying 8 kg of the drug was apprehended today at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here. She was caught at the airport on Saturday when she came to collect her missing baggage which contained heroin, the release said.

(eds: Adds details of another arrest) Hyderabad, June 6 (PTI): Inseparate incidents, two African women have been caught with 12 kg of heroin worth Rs 78 crore, said Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday.

One of them carrying 8 kg of the drug was apprehended today at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here. She was Makumba Carol of Zambia who had come from Doha, said a press release from the DRI.

The other, who landed here a few days ago, was a Ugandan. She was caught at the airport on Saturday when she came to collect her missing baggage which contained heroin, the release said.

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