New Delhi: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized over 10 kg of narcotics and arrested three people in three separate operations since October 16. These operations were carried out in Bengaluru, Nagpur, and New Delhi, officials said on Monday.
According to an official DRI statement, during intelligence-based operations, approximately 7.1 kg of amphetamine was recovered in two operations and approximately 3.1 kg of cocaine in the third. One person was arrested in each of the three cases.
5.166 kg of amphetamine recovered at Bengaluru Airport
On October 14, DRI officials intercepted a passenger arriving from Delhi at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, acting on specific intelligence.
5.166 kg of amphetamine was recovered during a search of the passenger’s luggage. Officials seized the narcotic substance under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and arrested the passenger.
1.97 kg of amphetamine seized from bus passenger near Nagpur
Two days later, DRI officials, in another intelligence operation, intercepted an Indian national traveling on a bus from Delhi to Hyderabad at Khapa Phata near Soner on the outskirts of Nagpur.
Officers discovered a white crystalline substance hidden inside a new women’s suit in his backpack. Finding the backpack heavier than normal, officials checked its inner lining, where another hidden packet of a similar substance was recovered.
According to the DRI, on-the-spot testing confirmed the substance to be amphetamine. A total of 1.97 kg of amphetamine was seized, and the passenger was arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985.
Cocaine found on passenger from Ghana at Delhi Airport
In another operation, on October 16, DRI officials intercepted an Indian passenger arriving from Ghana at Terminal 3 of New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI).
During a systematic check of the passenger’s luggage, six transparent packets containing white powder were recovered, weighing a total of 3.134 kilograms.
On-the-spot testing confirmed the substance to be cocaine. Officials seized it under the NDPS Act, 1985, and arrested the passenger.
According to the DRI, all three operations were based on intelligence. A total of over 10 kilograms of amphetamine and cocaine were recovered in these operations.