Mumbai customs seizes cocaine worth nearly crore hidden in slippers, two arrested
Mumbai, April 30: An official from Mumbai has reported that Mumbai Customs officials arrested a Nigerian national and a small-time supplier after discovering 99 grams of cocaine concealed in their consignment of slippers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
The arrest was made on Friday by the special intelligence and investigation branch of the Mumbai Custom Zone III, after their consignment sent from Liberia was seized at the airport. The parcel was destined to be delivered to an address in Badlapur, Thane district.
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The officials intercepted the parcel and recovered cocaine worth Rs 99 lakh concealed in three pairs of slippers. Following an operation that spanned over three days, the small-time chemical supplier and the Nigerian national were arrested.
One of the accused was contacted by a customs official, who posed as an employee of a courier company, and asked to collect the parcel at Badlapur.
The accused was arrested, and based on information provided by him, the Nigerian man was apprehended from Navi Mumbai. The duo has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days, and a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against them.
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- With inputs from agencies
