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Kerala duo held by DRI for smuggling cocaine worth Rs 22 crore hidden in dates at Mumbai airport
Updated On: 08 October, 2025 08:52 PM IST | Mumbai | Anish Patil
According to DRI sources, the agency had received specific intelligence that a passenger arriving from Sierra Leone via Addis Ababa would be carrying narcotics
The cocaine was ingeniously concealed inside dates, officials said. Pic/Special Arrangement by Anish Patil
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Mumbai, has arrested two men from Kerala at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) for allegedly smuggling 21.78 kg of cocaine worth Rs 22 crore from Sierra Leone into India, officials said.
The cocaine was ingeniously concealed inside dates, they said.
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