Kenyan woman held at Delhi airport with Rs 13-crore cocaine dissolved in 2 whiskey bottles

New Delhi, June 16

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A 25-year-old Kenyan woman was arrested at the international airport here for smuggling cocaine dissolved in two whiskey bottles she was carrying, a senior customs official said on Friday.

On the basis of profiling, AirCustoms@IGIA has seized 2 whiskey bottles having dissolved Cocaine from a Kenyan pax arrived fm Addis Ababa. Approx value around 13 Cr, exact value will be ascertained after extraction under Court supervision. The pax has been arrested under NDPS Act pic.twitter.com/95o9M4kgK1

Delhi Customs (Airport & General) (@AirportGenCus) June 16, 2023

The accused was intercepted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport after her arrival from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on Thursday.

A detailed search resulted in the recovery from her of two whiskey bottles with cocaine worth approximately Rs 13 crore dissolved in them, the official said.

The accused was arrested and the whiskey bottles containing cocaine were seized, he said.

“These two bottles were handed over to her at Nairobi airport. She was supposed to hand over them to a person in Delhi,” the official said.

The passenger was produced before a local court that has sent her to 14 days’ judicial custody, he added.