TWO NIGERIAN NATIONALS ARRESTED AT MUMBAI AIRPORT FOR CONCEALING 167 COCAINE CAPSULES IN THEIR STOMACH
Two Nigerian nationals have been arrested for concealing 167 capsules of cocaine in their stomach at the Mumbai airport in India.
The two passengers were arrested by police after arriving at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport from Lagos via Addis Ababa on Friday.
The information available indicates that the two Nigerian nationals were suspected to have concealed NDPS substance by body packing and hence were produced before an Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM), who ordered their medical examination. The medical test confirmed that the two passengers had ingested capsules containing some substance.
The passengers purged a total of 167 capsules over three days. The substance wrapped in those capsules tested positive for cocaine. A total of 2.976 kg of cocaine has been recovered from those capsules and seized under NDPS Act, 1985. The illicit international market value of contraband is about Rs. 29.76 crore.
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