DRI seizes cocaine worth ₹11.25 crore at Mumbai Airport, four arrested

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 2.25 kg of cocaine worth ₹11.25 crore and arrested four foreign nationals at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport over the past four days, officials confirmed on Saturday. Acting on intelligence, the DRI executed two separate operations.

On Friday, a male and a female passenger arriving from Addis Ababa were intercepted. During questioning, both confessed to swallowing capsules packed with narcotics. They were admitted to a state-run hospital, where 84 capsules containing 1.40 kg of cocaine were retrieved.

Earlier on Tuesday, the agency intercepted another African man and woman arriving from Addis Ababa. Officials recovered 63 purged capsules containing 850 grams of cocaine, valued at ₹4.25 crore. Efforts to track down the syndicate's domestic operatives are ongoing.

Last week, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 2.659 kg of cocaine, valued at roughly ₹13.295 crore, during two separate operations at Mumbai Airport, arresting two individuals under the NDPS Act.

Acting on precise intelligence, DRI officials intercepted a female passenger arriving from Addis Ababa and recovered 1.575 kg of liquid cocaine worth approximately ₹7.875 crore. A search of her baggage revealed eight pouches containing the concealed liquid contraband.

In a concurrent operation, an African male passenger was intercepted upon landing. Suspected of body-packing, the traveler subsequently purged 70 ingested capsules containing 1.084 kg of cocaine, worth ₹5.42 crore on the black market. The narcotics were confiscated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and both suspects were placed under arrest.

The DRI remains steadfast in its resolve to build a Nasha Mukt Bharat, relentlessly intercepting narcotics, dismantling international syndicates, and safeguarding national security.