India News | Malawi Woman Held with Cocaine Worth Rs 6 Cr at Mumbai Airport

Thane/Mumbai, Nov 24 (PTI) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has apprehended a Malawi woman for alleged possession of cocaine worth Rs 6 crore at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, an official said on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the DRI intercepted Ellena Kasakatira (43), who was travelling from Addis Ababa to Mumbai via Dubai, on Monday afternoon, the official said.

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The accused was caught at that airport's arrival hall and on examining her baggage, officials found two packets of cocaine wrapped in black carbon paper, he said.

A total of 1,000 gm of cocaine worth Rs 6 crore were recovered from the accused, who was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances (NDPS) Act, the official added.

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This is the second seizure of cocaine by the DRI within a span of a week.

Earlier, the DRI had seized 502 gm of cocaine which was shipped to India in a parcel and had arrested four persons in connection with the case.

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