Bengaluru: A woman smuggling drugs from Bengaluru to Doha was arrested at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) parking lot on Saturday (June 15) after she was caught with contraband concealed in sanitary napkins. She was scheduled to fly from Bengaluru to Qatar capital Doha the same day.
She was accompanied by three others whose interrogation led the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) sleuths to two kingpins of the drug smuggling cartel.
Two among the three people who accompanied her, Abu and Mohammad, are in their mid-20s and hail from Kerala. They had been running the India-Qatar drug smuggling racket. Reports stated that drugs including hashish and methamphetamine were recovered from their hideout in Bengaluru’s Austin Town. The total value of the seizure is Rs 3 crore.
Reports also said that a team led by Bruno A, the zonal director of NCB’s Bengaluru unit, received specific information regarding a city-based drug cartel.
According to the information, they were looking to recruit drug carriers who can smuggle drugs from Bengaluru to Doha, reports said. The investigation began a few weeks ago, but it was on Saturday that the NCB sleuths found the four-member gang in a Karnataka-registered car in KIA parking lot.
Reports stated that the woman who got arrested had 510 gm of methamphetamine and 572 Lyrica (a sedative) capsules in her possession. The woman was identified as a mule by the NCB agents and she was promised a good remuneration for smuggling drugs along with free travel.
18/06/19 Asianet Newsable
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She was accompanied by three others whose interrogation led the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) sleuths to two kingpins of the drug smuggling cartel.
Two among the three people who accompanied her, Abu and Mohammad, are in their mid-20s and hail from Kerala. They had been running the India-Qatar drug smuggling racket. Reports stated that drugs including hashish and methamphetamine were recovered from their hideout in Bengaluru’s Austin Town. The total value of the seizure is Rs 3 crore.
Reports also said that a team led by Bruno A, the zonal director of NCB’s Bengaluru unit, received specific information regarding a city-based drug cartel.
According to the information, they were looking to recruit drug carriers who can smuggle drugs from Bengaluru to Doha, reports said. The investigation began a few weeks ago, but it was on Saturday that the NCB sleuths found the four-member gang in a Karnataka-registered car in KIA parking lot.
Reports stated that the woman who got arrested had 510 gm of methamphetamine and 572 Lyrica (a sedative) capsules in her possession. The woman was identified as a mule by the NCB agents and she was promised a good remuneration for smuggling drugs along with free travel.
18/06/19 Asianet Newsable
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