Picture courtesy Twitter
New Delhi: A woman passenger, a resident of the Republic of Liberia was arrested by customs officials at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport arrested a woman passenger and recovered 947 grams of cocaine from her possession. The seized drug is valued at Rs 13.26 crore.
The woman, Francess T Sumo, was intercepted after her arrival at Delhi IGI airport from Addis Ababa on Monday, India Today reported.
During a personal search of the passenger, it was found that the bag contained 11 kurtas with many large buttons stitched randomly, which looked unusual. Subsequently, a button was cut off and a white-coloured substance was found concealed in it which was later confirmed to be cocaine. Thereafter, all the buttons were cut open, the report added.
A total of 272 buttons were recovered which contained 947 grams of cocaine worth Rs 13.26 crore. The woman passenger was arrested under relevant sections of the NDPS Act.
Stay ahead with Odisha Bytes Breaking News - your ultimate source for the fastest, most… Read More
Mumbai: Popular television actress Hina Khan, a stage 3 breast cancer survivor, got emotional recently… Read More
Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed over 142 per cent jump in complaints regarding financial frauds in 2024,… Read More
New Delhi: Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is facing massive worldwide outage. Thousands of X… Read More
Mumbai: Choreographer and social media influencer Dhanashree Verma’s cryptic post has sparked speculation over her… Read More
Bhubaneswar: A total of 118 Maoists were killed in action by security forces in Odisha… Read More
This website uses cookies.
