New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) A man from Sierra Leone has been arrested at the international airport here for smuggling cocaine worth about Rs 14 crore into the country, a senior customs official said on Wednesday.

The accused was intercepted after her arrival from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 25.

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"The said passenger was diverted at the green channel for an X-ray of his baggage by the customs officers on duty," a statement issued by the customs department said.

Subsequently, on medical examination of the passenger, certain material was found concealed inside the body of the passenger, it said.

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A medical procedure yielded in the recovery of a total of 50 oval-shaped capsules containing a total of 930 grams of cocaine, it said.

The cocaine, valued at Rs 13.95 crore, was seized and the passenger was arrested.

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