A 30-year-old “health visa holder” from an African nation, who had come to Bengaluru for kidney therapy, was arrested on the airport after authorities found a 1.3 kg cocaine capsule value Rs 11 crore inside his abdomen. .
Investigations by the Directorate of Police and Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have revealed that the person from the West Asian nation on Tuesday was getting used as a mule.
A senior police officer declined to disclose particulars about him, together with his title and nationality, with officers suspecting he could also be half of a bigger drug trafficking community.
The man was apprehended by the Bengaluru unit of DRI on the Kempegowda International Airport on the idea of a tip-off. Nothing was discovered within the examination of his baggage. But DRI officers with credible info performed a medical scan of the suspect and located a big amount of capsules in his abdomen. The man was admitted to the hospital to have the capsule eliminated. Officials then confirmed that the capsule contained cocaine.
A senior DRI official informed reporters that they have been profiling passengers who had arrived from West Asia on a particular flight and the suspect was on the identical flight. The arrested man claimed that he was on a well being visa to get therapy for kidney ailment. The Kempegowda International Airport Police has registered a case on this regard.
The suspect was speculated to ship the smuggled cocaine by way of an affiliate who would meet him at a resort the place he would examine in.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
