Mumbai: A woman from Uganda was apprehended at Mumbai international airport with 535 grams of heroin packed in 49 capsules and 175 grams of cocaine in 15 capsules, a Narcotics Control Bureau official said on Friday. The contraband, valued at Rs 3 crore in the illicit market, was concealed in her body and she had to be admitted in state-run JJ Hospital in Byculla for its extraction, the official said. She was apprehended in an operation conducted on May 28 on the basis of specific information about the arrival of a woman suspect from Uganda to Mumbai, he said.
"A check was carried out after we zeroed in on the woman in question. But nothing suspicious was found in her luggage. A close examination revealed she may be carrying the contraband by concealing it in her body," he said. "On sustained questioning, she admitted that 11 capsules had been concealed in her body through careful use of different types of adhesive tapes.