A 25-year-old Brazilian woman has been arrested by the Delhi Zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here for allegedly smuggling cocaine in 106 capsules. The woman had swallowed these capsules.
According to the senior officers of the NCB, the woman was apprehended by the NCB sleuths on May 14, upon her arrival from Sao Paulo in Brazil, based on an intelligence input. She was subsequently taken to the Safdarjung hospital, where an X-ray confirmed that there were cocaine-filled capsules in her body. A total of 106 capsules, containing 930 grams of pure South American cocaine, were recovered from the woman,"
The officer said that the lady had concealed this consignment in form of 106 small capsules. She swallowed all 106 capsules and started her journey from São Paulo to New Delhi. On 14.05.2018, NCB Officers intercepted her at IGI airport T3 and took her to Safdarjung Hospital for medical examination where X- Ray report confirmed that she is carrying drugs inside her body. She remained under medical supervision from. May 14 till May 20. After recovery of Drugs (Cocaine) NCB team arrested her on May 20 and produced before the concerned Court.
She was placed under arrest under sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and remanded to judicial custody by a court.
"She got the consignment from the South American drug mafia and was supposed to deliver it to African drug traffickers active in the National Capital Region," a senior NCB official said.