Mumbai: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Mumbai Customs is on a sticky position on the death of one Tanzanian national.
After getting a tip-off, officials of Mumbai customs and Narcotic Control Board (NCB) arrested three Tanzanian nationals at Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine by ingesting capsules.
Out of these three, two were mules who were flying on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 610, which landed early in the morning, were taken in for questioning. After five hours of questioning, these men had still not admitted to anything.
Source says, officials offered these foreigners food and water, a common trick. Drug mules who ingest capsules always refuse to eat or drink because sudden bowel movements rupture the capsules leading to death. If the man refused, they would know for sure that the person is smuggling drugs. One of them ate the offered food.
"One man ate the omlette pao offered to him. Later, all three were taken to the court, but the person who had eaten food resisted and tried to escape. In a scuffle, he collapsed outside the court. He died of a sudden cardiac death, typical of a cocaine overdose," an officer said on request of anonymity. He was carrying 20-25 capsules in his body.
19/11/13 Virendrasingh Ghunawat/India Today
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After getting a tip-off, officials of Mumbai customs and Narcotic Control Board (NCB) arrested three Tanzanian nationals at Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine by ingesting capsules.
Out of these three, two were mules who were flying on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 610, which landed early in the morning, were taken in for questioning. After five hours of questioning, these men had still not admitted to anything.
Source says, officials offered these foreigners food and water, a common trick. Drug mules who ingest capsules always refuse to eat or drink because sudden bowel movements rupture the capsules leading to death. If the man refused, they would know for sure that the person is smuggling drugs. One of them ate the offered food.
"One man ate the omlette pao offered to him. Later, all three were taken to the court, but the person who had eaten food resisted and tried to escape. In a scuffle, he collapsed outside the court. He died of a sudden cardiac death, typical of a cocaine overdose," an officer said on request of anonymity. He was carrying 20-25 capsules in his body.
19/11/13 Virendrasingh Ghunawat/India Today
