India News | MP: DRI Arrests Nigerian Woman with 2 Kg of Amphetamine at Ratlam Railway Station
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. According to the DRI, the action was carried out on August 6 based on specific intelligence that a female drug trafficker travelling by train from New Delhi to Mumbai was carrying narcotic drugs concealed in her baggage.
Indore/Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 7 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Nigerian woman for allegedly smuggling around 2 kg of amphetamine, valued at approximately Rs 1.6 crore, after intercepting her at Ratlam Junction railway station in Madhya Pradesh.
According to the DRI, the action was carried out on August 6 based on specific intelligence that a female drug trafficker travelling by train from New Delhi to Mumbai was carrying narcotic drugs concealed in her baggage.
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Acting on the input, DRI officers identified and intercepted the woman at Ratlam Junction and conducted a detailed examination of her trolley bag.
During the search, officials discovered a concealed cavity inside the trolley bag, from which they recovered a brown-coloured plastic packet. The packet contained a white coloured crystalline substance which tested positive for an amphetamine-type substance by the field-testing kit.
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The recovered 2 kgs of the narcotic substance have been seized, which is estimated to be worth 1.6 crores and the accused has been arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
Further investigation into the case is underway. (ANI)
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