'Honey-Trapped' Man Caught With Cocaine Worth Rs 28 Crore At Mumbai Airport
The traveller told police that he was lured into carrying the contraband by someone he met on social media.
On Monday, the Customs department officials at Mumbai airport intercepted a drug consignment of cocaine worth over Rs 28 crores. They arrested a traveller carrying the drugs hidden inside a duffle bag.
In a video shared by ANI, the customs officials are seen tearing apart the bag to recover drugs placed under a layer inside it.
#WATCH | Mumbai Airport Customs y'day arrested an Indian pax carrying 2.81 Kg cocaine worth Rs 28.10 Cr, concealed in a duffle bag. Probe shows that pax was lured to carry drugs by persons whom he met only over social media. He was honey trapped to indulge in smuggling: Customs pic.twitter.com/oCxBG5F2CP
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Cocaine worth Rs 28.10 crore seized
The clip shows the officials taking out a white substance from a packet. A total of 2.81 kg cocaine valued at Rs 28.10 crore was seized from the passenger.
The traveller told police that he was lured into carrying the contraband by someone he met on social media.
ANI
The passenger was "honey trapped" to smuggle the cocaine, news agency ANI quoted the customs as saying.
Drugs worth 47 crore seized last week
Last week, heroin and cocaine worth Rs 47 crore was seized from two persons at the Mumbai International Airport.
The Mumbai Airport Customs Zonal Unit III recovered the drugs in operation. They caught 4.47 kgs of heroin with a value of Rs 31.29 crore and 1.596 kgs of cocaine worth Rs 15.96 crore.
$40,000 in 'pan masala' sachets recovered in Kolkata
In an unrelated incident on Sunday, Kolkata's customs officials captured a man trying to fly to Thailand's Bangkok with a contraband of Rs 32 lakh in US dollar bills, neatly packed in hundreds of sealed 'pan masala' sachets.
Customs officials at the Kolkata airport seized cash worth $40,000- valued over Rs 32 lakh - concealed inside hundreds of sealed 'pan masala' pouches. Watch!#kolkata #customofficial #Bangkok pic.twitter.com/DB5mnzCrX2
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Acting on information from Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers, the Kolkata Customs department intercepted the flier after immigration formalities.
On searching his checked-in baggage, they recovered $40,000 (worth Rs 32,78,000) packed as two ten-dollar bills each inside the sachets.
As per reports, the recovered foreign currency has been seized under Section 110 of the Customs Act. The passenger has been placed under arrest in terms of Section 104 of the Customs Act. The accused person was later produced before a special court, remanding him to 14 days of judicial custody.
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