Brazilian smuggling cocaine in stomach arrested at Mumbai airport

The Narcotic Control Bureau recently arrested a 24yearold Brazilian from the Mumbai International airport for smuggling in around 1 kg of cocaine The man was arrested with cocaine worth Rs 5 crore hiding it inside his bodyAccording to sources in the Narcotic Control Bureau NCB around 910 grams of the contraband was stuffed into 75 capsules andswallowed by Brazilian national Jhonatan Parreirra before he flew to Mumbai from BrazilActing on a tipoff the NCB officials intercepted Parreira at the Mumbai airport when he landed on May 27 They immediately detained him and took him to JJ Hospital for xray test after taking the courts permission The xray reportconfirmed the presence of some foreign object in his body reports Times of IndiaIn another incident which took place in September 2019 the CISF caught a Tanzanian national at Mumbai airport for carrying six kg of suspected contraband item Ephedrine The accused identified as Ibrahim Abdullah Shabani who was supposed to travel from Mumbai to Muscat by Oman Airways flight around 405 pm was arrested around 155 pm during the checking of his luggage at Terminal 2 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportAccording to police officials Some suspicious items were noticed inside his bag during checking on XBIS Xray Baggage Inspection Multi Energy System machine installed at the airport On physical checking of the bag approximately six kg of the suspected contraband item Ephedrine in crystal form was foundShabani along with the recovered contraband item was handed over to the Narcotics Control Bureau for further legal action Read the full story hereTop stories of the dayProducer composer held for molesting model at house party in MaladMumbai Crime Former businessman partner slits mans throat kills himHe forcibly kissed me on my face neck before I pushed him offThe Dutch mystery Cops camping in Pune in hunt for Avdhut ShindeNair Topiwala left students vulnerable to harassmentMumbai INTACH joins fight to save EsplanadeHC directs MHADA to evacuate and barricade Esplanade MansionThe Rajghat of MumbaiVikhe Patil to join BJP many Congress MLAs likely follow suitI will continue to write says IAS officer Nidhi ChaudhariMHTCET exam Two top with 100 percentileKatrina Kaif on Bharat Its the best role of my careerPriyanka Chopra Jonas displays her perfect pins on the red carpetKareena Kapoor We celebrated women who broke stereotypesSunny Leone to play a lawyer in spy thriller HelenJanhvi Kapoor Anjana Sukhani Pooja Hegde sweat it out at gym in BandraIulia Vantur Shanaya Kapoor Kriti Sanon Taapsee Pannu clicked in BandraSuper 30 trailer Alia Bhatt Varun Dhawan Tiger Shroff laud Hrithik RoshanMadhuri Dixit wants to learn a new Kathak formAyushmann Khurrana on IPS Manoj Malviya He became the prototype of my characterDeepika Padukone wraps up the shooting of ChhapaakSabyasachi pens down the journey of his friendship with Deepika PadukoneRangita Pritish Nandy on Four More Shots Please May explore friendship or just one characterSushmita Singh Miss teen 2019 who was told that she was not beautifulThese old pictures of Salman Khan will take you back in timeWorld Environment Day 9 ways humans are harming the environmentCR fails in MumbaiPune in 2 hr 35 min train trials as problems galoreWorld Cup 2019 Rabada calls Kohli immature Virat says he will discuss man to manWorld Cup 2019 Its advantage Virat Kohli and Co against South AfricaWorld Cup 2019 Asli WC begins today as India take on South AfricaWorld Cup 2019 Virat Kohlis Team India faces first Test vs South AfricaWorld Cup 2019 Vijay Shankar could get nod against South AfricaCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates