Mumbai, 03 June (HS): The Customs Department on

Monday seized 51.94 Kg cocaine worth Rs 51.94 crore from a foreign national at

Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.

The belongings of the foreign national were searched,

following information received from the Airport Intelligence Unit. Four packets

of Cocaine were concealed in an Ortho Waist Belt and stripes on his legs. The

white powder in the packets was immediately referred for the test using the Narcotic

Field Test Kits. Following confirmation of the Cocaine smuggling, the traveller

was arrested and an offence under the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act was

registered.

Police are investigating the international drug

trafficking racket

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar