Nigerian man held in connection with cocaine seizure at Mumbai airport

Nigerian man held in connection with cocaine seizure at Mumbai airport

PTIUpdated: Sunday, December 04, 2022, 10:49 PM IST
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Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday apprehended a Nigerian national in connection with the seizure of cocaine worth Rs 18 crore at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, an official said.

The DRI had on Saturday arrested a 27-year-old Kenyan man a 30-year-old woman from Guinea with 1,794 gm of cocaine. The passengers had arrived from Addis Ababa by an Ethiopian Airlines flight, he said.

The three accused were produced before a court, which sent them to judicial custody, the official said.

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