A KQ passenger was Wednesday arrested in an Airport in India in possession of heroin worth Sh127 million.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in India identified the lady as Rukshana Shaikh who arrived in India from Harare via Nairobi on board a Kenya Airways flight.
She was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai.
The officials said the passenger was arrested during an inspection of passengers that led to the recovery and seizure of cream-colored granules.
“On testing with narcotics field testing kit, the substance tested positive for the presence of ‘heroin’, a narcotic drug covered under the NDPS Act, 1985,” the official said.
According to the officers, the substance was concealed inside the trolley bags and file folders and it is valued at approximately Sh127 million (Rs 84 Crores) in the illicit market.
The law enforcers said she was delivering the substance from Harare to two people in Mumbai.
The two recipients were arrested outside the airport.
According to the police in India, the two suspects were acting on instructions of a Nigerian national based in Delhi.TT
The police said in the past the suspects had similarly made two individuals smuggle drugs from Zimbabwe and Kenya.
The police said in the past the suspects had similarly made two individuals smuggle drugs from Zimbabwe and Kenya.