Nigerian woman held for ferrying 10cr drugs
Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Wednesday arrested a Nigerian woman who was allegedly ferrying over 3kg of amphetamine, a substance covered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, from Delhi to Mumbai in a private bus.
Based on specific intelligence, the DRI officials intercepted the woman, identified as Blessing Favour Oboh (23), when she got down at Kala Nagar in Bandra. The search of her baggage resulted in the recovery of 3,147 grams of a white crystalline substance purported to be amphetamine and 584 grams of ecstasy pills worth Rs 10 crore. tnn
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