In a significant operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized a substantial amount of smuggled cocaine worth Rs 7.85 crore from a passenger recently. Acting on precise intelligence, DRI officers apprehended a male Ugandan passenger, suspected of carrying the illicit drug, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International (CSMI) airport on August 7.

Upon interrogation, the detained passenger confessed to ingesting drug-filled capsules, intending to smuggle them to India. As per legal procedures, the passenger was presented before a magistrate, who subsequently ordered his admission to JJ Hospital where the capsules were removed from his body.