An Anti-Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances court convicted three foreign nationals for transporting, possessing and conspiring to sell nearly 30kg cocaine worth Rs 36 crores in 2012. The accused, identified as Bolivian national Santander Prado (56), Columbian national Juan Rivera (40) and Zahid Mir (59), a British national of Pakistani origin, were sentenced to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment, The Times of India reported.

According to the judge, the trio was conspiring to smuggle and sell cocaine in the country. The special public prosecutor had said that they were also fined Rs 4 lakhs each. They were arrested on February 15, 2012, along with a fourth accomplice, an Indian national named Uday Dhanak (63) who was arrested but acquitted due to lack of evidence against him.