Over 70 Wraps of Cocaine Removed From Stomach of Sierra Leonean National at Indian Airport
Deborah Sorie A Sierra Leone national has been arrested at the Mumbai airport in India and 74 cocaine-filled capsules were later removed from his body by a team of doctors.
Officials said the Sierra Leonean national (name withheld) was attempting to smuggle cocaine worth Rs 11 crore in capsules concealed in his body.
The man was arrested by the DRI on March 28 and the drug-filled capsules, weighing 1,108 grams, were removed from his body by a team of doctors at the state-run J J Hospital on Saturday, they said.
As per an official statement issued by the DRI on Sunday, the anti-smuggling agency, based on specific information, arrested the Sierra Leone national upon his arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on March 28.
During questioning, the accused revealed that he had ingested cocaine capsules in bid to smuggle the banned narcotic substance into India.
Following a court order, the accused was admitted to the JJ Hospital where a team of doctors removed 74 cocaine capsules from his abdomen, the DRI statement said, adding that the man has been arrested and booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and sent to judicial custody.
Notably, this is the second case in a week involving a Sierra Leone national held with cocaine in India.
On March 24, a woman from the West African nation was arrested with 1,979 grams of cocaine valued at Rs 19.79 crore. She had concealed the drug in shoes, moisturiser, shampoo bottles, and antiperspirants.
What is the name of the sierra leonean
I’m not sure if all this accusations of drugs trafficking people are Sierra Leonean. Please the government has to do something especially about our passport, birth certificate and other documents.
Why are they withholding theeir names?
Please let them name them so that it can help us combat narcotics drugs .
Hmmmm ok
This is getting out of hands ✋️ 🙄 😳
Outrageous!
Why are they withholding his name?
All the time bad news about my country Sierra Leone.
Aaaaaa God.
Hmmmmmm
All the time bad news about my country Sierra Leone.
Hmmmmm
Aaaaaa salone
Our passport book is cheaper to access by foreigners than a birth citizen, in so many ways I have come across foreigners who claim to be Sierra Leoneans by Nationality but the accients never sound like one, they are our Africa brothers from the west Giant of Africa Nation who subcome to take our passport book under disguise.