Brazilian Woman Caught With Cocaine. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a 36-year-old Brazilian woman who was smuggling cocaine worth Rs 9.7 crore in 124 capsules in her body. The accused foreign national has been identified as Jacqueline Maltez Tiges. According to DRI sources, Tiges arrived at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Sao Paulo on Wednesday. When she passed through the body scanner machine, the officials found suspicious items in her body.
Interrogation at the airport
On interrogation, the passenger admitted that she had consumed capsules containing drugs and was carrying it in her body to smuggle it into India. The passenger was produced before a magistrate and as per the court order, she was admitted to Sir JJ Hospital. She took out a total of 124 capsules containing 973 grams of cocaine worth Rs 9.73 crore. The substance, claimed to be cocaine as per the field test report, was seized on September 21 under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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arrest made
The passenger has been arrested and further investigation is underway to trace other members of this international gang involved in illegal smuggling of drugs into India. DRI officials are now investigating who provided the drugs to Tiges and who was to receive the consignment in Mumbai. The agency officials are also investigating whether she has been involved in smuggling before.
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