Four held as NCB seizes 80 kg cocaine in Delhi
Four people were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and 80 kg of cocaine worth around Rs 900 crores was seized from them in the West and Outerwest areas of the national capital.
A Brazilian national has been apprehended by the CISF at the airport here for allegedly smuggling in cocaine-filled capsules worth Rs 2.5 crore by concealing them in talcum powder boxes, a senior official said today.
F Nascimen, who arrived here yesterday from Addis Ababa, was intercepted on the basis of suspicion, he said.
The Brazilian man, who was bound for Delhi, was frisked along with his bag in which few plastic talcum powder boxes were found.
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A total of 457 grams of cocaine, neatly stuffed in capsules, and concealed in the powder boxes were recovered, he said.
The man and the drugs, estimated to be worth Rs 2.5 crore, was handed over to anti-narcotics authorities for further legal action against him, the official said.
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