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Mumbai: Cocaine worth Rs 20 crore meant for festive season seized by NCB, two foreign national women held

2.8 kg of fine quality cocaine which was concealed among unsuspecting items. The contraband in 8 packets of different sizes was concealed in 2 pair of shoes and 2 purses in a crafted special cavities, the NCB said

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The seized cocaine was concealed in shoes and purses. Pic/ NCB

The seized cocaine was concealed in shoes and purses. Pic/ NCB

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has successfully busted an international drug trafficking syndicate and has seized a consignment of cocaine worth Rs 20 crore, the officials said. The NCB also arrested two foreign nationals from Mumbai, they said.

According to an official statement issued by the NCB, Mumbai, In its ongoing heightened operations, information about supply of consignment of drugs to Mumbai by an international syndicate was gathered by NCB-Mumbai. Accordingly, the officers of NCB-Mumbai worked out and after diligent analysis, an actionable input was generated wherein a South African lady named Marinda S. was identified. Immediately, sources were contacted after which it was analysed that the carrier was to air travel from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Mumbai on November 20. 

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