Venezuelan woman held for cocaine smuggling in Mumbai

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has arrested a Venezuelan woman at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine worth Rs. 4.77 million.

Published : Aug 18, 2019, 10:48 AM IST

Updated : Aug 18, 2019, 10:56 AM IST

Mumbai: A 27-year-old Venezuelan woman was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly 800 grams of cocaine worth Rs. 4.77 million by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).

The woman was apprehended on the basis of specific intelligence inputs after she landed in Mumbai from Sao Paulo on August 9.

Later, she was taken to JJ Hospital for x-ray examination.

Venezuelan woman held for cocaine smuggling in Mumbai

The report revealed the presence of some foreign objects in her body and later the woman admitted that she had consumed 80 capsules before taking the flight to the city at Sao Paulo in Brazil.

Meanwhile, the woman has been remanded in judicial custody till August 20.

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Mumbai: A 27-year-old Venezuelan woman was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly 800 grams of cocaine worth Rs. 4.77 million by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).

The woman was apprehended on the basis of specific intelligence inputs after she landed in Mumbai from Sao Paulo on August 9.

Later, she was taken to JJ Hospital for x-ray examination.

Venezuelan woman held for cocaine smuggling in Mumbai

The report revealed the presence of some foreign objects in her body and later the woman admitted that she had consumed 80 capsules before taking the flight to the city at Sao Paulo in Brazil.

Meanwhile, the woman has been remanded in judicial custody till August 20.

Also read: President Kovind inaugurates presidential guest house in Mumbai

Intro:मुंबई विमानतळावर डीआरआय ने केलेल्या कारवाईत पोटात अमली पदार्थाच्या 80 कॅप्सूल लपवून तस्करी करण्याचा प्रयत्न करणाऱ्या बालपाटीतज्त्ता करेनद्रालेंनी या 27 वर्षीय, वेनेजेजुएला ची नागरिक असलेल्या महिलेला अटक करण्यात आली आहे. 9 ऑगस्ट रोजी ही महिला मुंबईतील छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज आंतराष्ट्रीय विमानतळावर साऊ पावलो येथून आली होती. या दरम्यान तिच्या सोबत असलेल्या सामानाची झडती घेण्यात आली. मात्र या दरम्यान या महिलेच्या हालचाली संशयास्पद वाटल्याने विमानतळावरील डीआरआय ने सदर महिलेस ताब्यात घेतले.
Body:चौकशी दरम्यान उडवाउडवीची उत्तरे देणाऱ्या या महिलेने तिच्या पोटात कोकेन या अमली पदार्थाच्या 80 कॅप्सूल असल्याचे कबूल केले. यानंतर या महिलेची जेजे रुग्णालयात एक्सरे तपासणी करण्याची परवानगी कोर्टाकडुन मिळवून सदर महिलेला जेजे रुग्णालयात दाखल करण्यात आले . जेजे रुग्णालयात उपचारादरम्यान या महिलेच्या पोटातून 80 कॅप्सूल काढण्यात आल्या ज्यात उच्च प्रतिचे 796 ग्रॅम कोकेन मिळून आले. या कोकेन ची किंमत आंतराष्ट्रीय बाजारात 4 कोटी 77 लाख आहे. दरम्यान आरोपी महिलेला न्यायालयात हजर केले असता न्यायालयाने आरोपी महिलेला 20 ऑगस्ट पर्यँत न्यायालयीन कोठडी सुनावली आहे.

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Venezuelan woman held for cocaine smuggling in Mumbai

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has arrested a Venezuelan woman at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine worth Rs. 4.77 million.

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