A Nigerian on medical excursion to India has been arrested by agents of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) who found 99 capsules containing cocaine worth $200,000 in his stomach.
According to officials it is one of the biggest catches of 2023. The man was arrested on December 11 by officials as soon as he landed at Kempegowda international airport in Bengaluru from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The accused, aged around 40 years, had a Nigerian passport and came to India on a medical visa.
On being alerted, officials confronted him. They escorted him to an interrogation chamber where he confessed to swallowing capsules containing cocaine before boarding the flight in Addis Ababa. The officials obtained a court order to take him to a hospital where, under medical supervision, all the capsules were extracted over a period of five days.
He remains in custody as investigations continue.
