Cocaine worth Rs 11 crore seized at Mumbai airport, 4 foreign nationals arrested

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 2.25 kg of cocaine valued at Rs 11.25 crore and arrested four foreign nationals at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport CSMIA in last four days, officials said on Saturday.Based on specific information, the DRI conducted two separate operations, an official said.On Friday, a male and a female passenger who had arrived from Addis Ababa were intercepted.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 2.25 kg of cocaine valued at Rs 11.25 crore and arrested four foreign nationals at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in last four days, officials said on Saturday.

Based on specific information, the DRI conducted two separate operations, an official said.

On Friday, a male and a female passenger who had arrived from Addis Ababa were intercepted. During interrogation both admitted to having ingested capsules containing cocaine.

They were admitted to a state-run hospital and 84 capsules containing 1.40 kg of cocaine were recovered.

Earlier on Tuesday, the DRI intercepted an African man and a woman arriving from Addis Ababa. A total of 63 capsules containing 850 grams of cocaine, worth Rs 4.25 crore, were purged and recovered from them, officials said.

Attempts to trace the domestic connections of this racket were on, they said.