Nigerian Woman Held With ₹1.6 Crore Amphetamine At MP's Ratlam Junction
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested a Nigerian woman at Ratlam Junction railway station after allegedly recovering nearly 2 kg of amphetamine worth about ₹1.6 crore from a concealed compartment in her trolley bag. She was booked under the NDPS Act and remanded to DRI custody until August 11.
Nigerian Woman Held With ₹1.6 Crore Amphetamine At MP's Ratlam Junction | Representative image
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh): Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Nigerian woman for allegedly smuggling around two kgs of amphetamine, valued at approximately Rs 1.6 crore, after intercepting her at Ratlam Junction railway station.
According to DRI, the action was carried out on Thursday based on specific intelligence that a female drug trafficker travelling by train from New Delhi to Mumbai was carrying narcotic drugs concealed in her baggage.
Acting on the input, DRI officers identified and intercepted the woman at Ratlam Junction and conducted a detailed examination of her trolley bag.
During the search, officials discovered a concealed cavity inside the trolley bag, from which they recovered a brown-coloured plastic packet. The packet contained a white coloured crystalline substance which tested positive for an amphetamine-type substance by the field-testing kit.
The accused has been arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
The suspect was produced before a court dealing with NDPS cases at the Ratlam District Court on Friday, and she was remanded to DRI custody till August 11.
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