This Article is From Sep 06, 2013

African man, carrying cocaine capsules in stomach, arrested at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: A man from Ghana was arrested at Mumbai international airport today for allegedly trying to smuggle in one kg of cocaine drugs in the form of capsules after swallowing them, a customs official said.

The accused, identified as Mamudu Mubarak, was intercepted at Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport today. He arrived on a flight EK-504 on from Brazil via Dubai.

After detaining the accused, an X-ray scan was carried out on him, which found 76 capsules in his stomach containing 1 kg of cocaine valued at Rs 5 crore.

He was arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act.
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