Mumbai’s DRI has arrested a Female Passenger From Sierra Leone with ₹19.79 Cr worth of cocaine said to be concealed in some toiletries.
Further examination revealed that all of these items contained a white powdery substance ingeniously concealed in them.
In a recent case, based on Intelligence developed by DRI, one female passenger of Sierra Leone nationality who came from Nairobi to Mumbai on March 24 was apprehended by DRI officers at CSMI Airport, Mumbai.
Examination of her luggage revealed that the items she was carrying viz. shoes, moisturiser bottle, shampoo bottle and anti-perspirants were unusually heavy and rigid. Further examination revealed that all of these items contained a white powdery substance ingeniously concealed in them.
On testing the same using the field test kit, it tested positive for Cocaine. Total 1,979 grams of white powdery substance purported to be cocaine with an Illicit market value of approx Rs. 19.79 crore, was seized and the passenger was arrested following her statement. She was then produced in the Court and was remanded to judicial custody.
Further Investigation is in progress.
You should have published her photo and passport
Publish her photo and passport
In addition to her photo and photo of her Sierra Leone passport, the Indian authorities must also get a typical Sierra Leonean to chat with her in Creole and other Sierra Leonean local language (s). These days lots of other nationalities carry Sierra Leonean passports, posing as Sierra Leoneans. Such practices have been prevalent since the last civil War in our country.
This must be a warning to our immigration office to only give out passport to the rightful person, the Sierra Leoneans.
Publish her name and pic also let her be interviewed in one of our local language. Ok