Brazillian woman swallowed 106 cocaine capsules, arrested at Delhi airport
New Delhi : Recent update from Delhi mentions that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested the woman a 25-year-old Brazillian woman with 106 capsules of cocaine in her stomach has been arrested at Indira Gandhi international (IGI) airport. The capsules weigh around 930 grams and are pure South American cocaine, worth close to Rs 6 crore.
It was on May 14, when the woman was caught after she landed at at the Delhi airport in a flight from Sao Paulo in Brazil. The information has been confirmed by Vishwa Vijay, superintendent of NCB’s Delhi unit. 106 cocaine capsules were extracted from her body May 14 and 20 by administering her laxatives at the Safdarjung Hospital, NCB officials said. The capsules are purely South American cocaine and worth around Rs 6 crore.
“This is the highest number of capsules of cocaine extracted from any professional drugs swallower by the NCB’s Delhi bureau,” said Vijay.
However, NCB officials did not reveal the name of the arrested Brazilian woman. Reports mentioned that the consignment of the cocaine was to be delivered to a Nigerian national in Delhi.
During investigation, the woman told NCB officials that her manager in Sao Paulo had asked her to reach a hotel in Karol Bagh and stay there till more orders comes.
“The Nigerian national, who had to accept the consignment, was supposed to meet her in the hotel. The woman was promised USD 5,000 for successfully delivering the consignment of cocaine,” said a senior NCB official.
On Sunday, woman was sent to Tihar jail as per the court orders. The NCB official said the Brazilian woman is a ‘professional swallower of drugs’ and had visited India at least three times before.
“Each time, she was travelling on a tourist Visa. Her passport details have shown that her last visit to Delhi was in February this year,” said the official.
During interrogation, superintendent Vijay said the woman disclosed that she was introduced into the drug trafficking trade by her second husband, who is a drug dealer in Brazil. She had divorced her first husband a few years ago.
Close source of NCB officials said they have received valuable information about the India-based members of this international drug syndicate. “We are putting in efforts to identify and nab them,” the official said.
