In a planned operation codenamed ‘Kruger’, which lasted more than seven days, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai has busted an intercontinental drug smuggling scam and seized 396 grams of heroin. The seized drug was sent to Mumbai in a courier shipment from South Africa and was well hidden in buttons sewn into the women’s dresses.
In response to an intelligence tip, DRI Mumbai officials intercepted a package that had arrived from South Africa at a center of an international courier company based in Mumbai. During the examination, officials noticed an abnormally large number of buttons sewn onto each gown in the package.
“After examining the package, we found heroin cleverly hidden inside the buttons of the gowns. We then recovered the white powder from the buttons and resulted in the seizure of 396 grams of heroin,” a Mumbai DRI source told CNN-News18. .
Subsequently, a controlled delivery authorization was obtained from DG NCB, after which, on Thursday, the recipient of the courier package paid the applicable customs duties and delivery was attempted.
Later, a team of DRI agents accompanied the courier company vehicle and managed to catch an Indian citizen who had come to collect the package from the courier. Later that night, the DRI team managed to identify a Nigerian citizen, who was to receive the shipment from the Indian citizen. After a lengthy operation, while the Nigerian constantly changed the delivery location, DRI officers were able to catch him.
Later, during the course of the sustained questioning, the details of another Nigerian person who turned out to be a key member of the union were revealed, who was later captured in Taloja, a city near Mumbai on November 27.
Subsequently, he was arrested for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking activities. So far, a total of three arrests have been made in this case. All the detainees were presented at the Sessions Court, Mumbai and have been sent to custody trial, “said an official on condition of anonymity.
In the immediate aftermath of ‘Operation Calypso’, ‘Operation Kruger’ was DRI Mumbai ‘s fourth major drug bust in the span of just 10 days, and is expected to cause major disruptions to the drug mafia supply chain. in the city of Mumbai. with deep transcontinental ties that extend to Africa and America.
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