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Mumbai: Cocaine disguised as shampoo is new trick for smugglers
Updated On: 17 August, 2024 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Mumbai DRI busts Rs 20 crore drug operation with concealed liquid cocaine from female Kenyan passenger
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The shampoo bottles in which the cocaine was concealed
Drug smugglers have adopted a new method to smuggle narcotics via air routes, as the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recently uncovered a case involving liquid cocaine concealed in shampoo bottles.
Acting on intelligence, DRI officers in Mumbai intercepted a female passenger who arrived from Nairobi-Kenya on August 16. During the examination of her baggage, officials discovered 1,983 grams of a viscous liquid in two shampoo/lotion bottles. Upon testing, the substance tested positive for cocaine, a narcotic drug under the NDPS Act, 1985.
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