MUMBAI: A Venezuelan national was on Wednesday arrested by way of customs' air intelligence unit (AIU) for possessing 1.2kg of the drug methaqualone worth Rs three crore. The lady, Luisa Garcia Lopez (27), told officials she was intended to deliver the contraband to anyone at a prominent sanatorium in South Mumbai. She is now in the custody of the narcotics keep an eye on bureau (NCB), which is investigating the subject.
The NCB is using a translator to interrogate the Spanish-speaking accused, who was intercepted at the airport, so that the individual the consignment was supposed for can also be recognized. Lopez was cornered in accordance with a specific tip-off. She arrived in Mumbai from Sao Paulo by way of Dubai by way of an Emirates flight. A search of her luggage yielded 9 picket material hangers. Finding the character and the volume of the object to be suspicious, the AIU put the hangers into the screened machine, which revealed hollow interiors stuffed with some substance. "We broke open a hanger to find white powder, which we suspected to be a banned drug. With the help of a spot testing kit, we found the power to be methaqualone," stated an officer.
She stated all over her initial wondering that a guy called Patrick had given her the hangers and paid her $5,000 for transporting them. She stated she did not have the contact choice of the individual she was intended to deliver the items to, and that he was intended to call her. She stated she was intended to fly to the United States on January 12.
The NCB is using a translator to interrogate the Spanish-speaking accused, who was intercepted at the airport, so that the individual the consignment was supposed for can also be recognized. Lopez was cornered in accordance with a specific tip-off. She arrived in Mumbai from Sao Paulo by way of Dubai by way of an Emirates flight. A search of her luggage yielded 9 picket material hangers. Finding the character and the volume of the object to be suspicious, the AIU put the hangers into the screened machine, which revealed hollow interiors stuffed with some substance. "We broke open a hanger to find white powder, which we suspected to be a banned drug. With the help of a spot testing kit, we found the power to be methaqualone," stated an officer.
She stated all over her initial wondering that a guy called Patrick had given her the hangers and paid her $5,000 for transporting them. She stated she did not have the contact choice of the individual she was intended to deliver the items to, and that he was intended to call her. She stated she was intended to fly to the United States on January 12.
Venezuelan woman held with Rs 3Cr narco at airport
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