DRI Recover Cocaine Worth 5 crore from Passenger at RGIA

HYDERABAD: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers seized Cocaine, a narcotic drug under the NDPS Act 1985, at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad from an Indian national.

The contraband, wrapped in brown tape, was cleverly concealed in the false bottom of a check-in suitcase and in false bottoms of four ladies’ handbags carried in the check-in baggage. A total of 5 kg Cocaine, valued at around Rs 50 crore in the international grey market was recovered.

The passenger had travelled from Laos to Hyderabad via Singapore and was on his way to Delhi. Cocaine, being a narcotic drug under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 has been seized. The passenger has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody.