Kenyan woman detained at IGI airport swallowed heroin capsules

New Delhi: A 35-year-old Kenyan woman, who was to take an Air India flight (314) to Hong Kong on Saturday, was nabbed at IGI Airport while she was allegedly trying to smuggle 70 capsules containing at least 10 gram heroin each.
Customs officials said the accused, Milli Cent Omomdi, had swallowed the capsules which would have been sold in China.
“We are yet to figure out how many capsules she was trying to smuggle to Hong Kong. We are in the process of extracting the capsules containing the contraband,” said a senior customs official.
Till later this evening, doctors had managed to extract at least 15 capsules. It is a time consuming process as the accused has to pass the pills through stools and takes a few days, said officials.
According to police, on Saturday night, customs officials became suspicious when Milli was trying to clear the customs counter at IGI.
The accused was taken to a court where permission was given to get her medically examined. The woman reportedly told investigators that she had come to India on June .
11/06/07 Aditya Kaul/Delhi Newsline

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