In a major drug haul, officials of the Delhi zone unit of Narcotics Control Bureau apprehended a 42-year-old South African woman with over 14 kilo extremely fine quality Methaqualone, estimated to be valued at more than Rs 2 crore, at IGI Airport in the national Capital on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
According to a senior official, the woman identified as Belinda Faurie, has been shuttling frequently between India and South Africa, with this being her eighth visit to India since October, last year.
Her accomplice, Obiefoka Friday Okeke (32), with whom the lady used to stay while being in India was later arrested from his rented accommodation in Sant Nagar in Burari at the outskirts of Delhi.
Okeke, who was found to be in possession of a Nigerian Passport, used to pick and drop her at the airport whenever the lady visited India.
“NCB had received a very concrete information about one and half months back that one Belinda Faurie was regularly visiting India from South Africa to procure the consignments of drugs. Based on this concrete information, a look Out Circular had been opened against her name at all ports by the NCB about one month back,” said Rohit Sharma, Zonal Director, NCB Delhi Zone.