Mumbai, 23 May (HS): Maharashtra’s

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 2.25 kg of cocaine worth Rs

11.25 crore in two different operations at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

International Airport. Four foreign nationals who had concealed the drugs in

their body parts, were arrested.

The DRI officers

arrested a women and a man coming from Addis Ababa were held on May 22. The two

confirmed that they swallowed the Cocaine capsules. They were taken to hospital,

where 84 capsules were recovered. The cost of the capsules in the international

market is estimated to be Rs 7 crore. The capsules contained 1.40 kg of cocaine.

Earlier on May 19 DRI

arrested an African man and African women also coming from Addis Ababa. Both swallowed

the cocaine capsules, and were taken to a hospital. The DRI team recovered 850

gram of cocaine from 63 capsules. The price of the concaine is around Rs 4.25

crore.

The action was taken

under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. Investigation

into the racket behind the smuggling has been initiated.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar