MUMBAI: A Brazilian national was caught by the Customs with 457gm
cocaine worth Rs 2.5 crore at Mumbai international airport early on Sunday. The cocaine was concealed in capsules which were hidden inside talcum powder bottles in a bag, said a Customs official.
The Brazilian national has been identified as Ferreia Nascimen and he has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. For further probe, the case has been handed over to the
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which has taken Nascimen's custody.
Another Customs official said that Nascimen was intercepted following specific information. He had flown into Mumbai from
Addis Ababa (
Ethiopia) and was to board another flight for New Delhi.
The official said, "We searched him and his luggage. He had neatly stuffed the cocaine in capsules and they were hidden in plastic containers that had talcum powder. The powder containers were placed in a hand bag."
Nascimen's mobile phone is being scrutinized for call details and contacts to obtain information about his
associates. A source said that it seems like the accused was to deliver the drugs to someone New Delhi. NCB investigators are also not ruling out the possibility of the accused having smuggled drugs into the country in the past as well.
Customs officials said that Ferreia Nascimen had neatly stuffed the 457gm cocaine in several capsules, which w... Read More
