Barely a week after a Malawian national was caught with 3.12 kg of heroin at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday night arrested two international passengers and sezied 8 kg of cocaine worth ₹80 crore.
Acting on a tip-off, the officials detained a male Tanzanian national who arrived in Hyderabad from Cape Town via Dubai on a business visa and a lady passenger from Angola on a tourist visa, and found huge quantity of cocaine in their possession.
“Each of them was carrying 4 kg of Class A drugs concealed in the false bottom of their trolley bags. The estimated value of the seized cocaine in the illicit market is ₹80 crore,” an official said.
