Flyer held with ₹20cr 'liquid' cocaine in 2 whiskey bottles

Mumbai: In the continuing trend of adopting imaginative techniques for smuggling contraband, a foreigner tried to sneak in 3.6kg cocaine worth Rs 20 crore dissolved in liquid in two whiskey bottles at the city airport on Thursday but was caught by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officers.

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The passenger travelled from Lagos to Mumbai via Addis Ababa — from where most of the drug is sourced.

The passenger was intercepted by DRI officers based on specific information as scanning wouldn’t throw up the presence of narcotics. A thorough search of the baggage led to the recovery of two 1-litre bottles of whiskey. On testing the liquid inside the bottles by the drug detection kit, the presence of cocaine was indicated.