A Kenyan woman was arrested on September 10, at Bengaluru airport in India attempting to smuggle Ksh211 million worth of cocaine into the country.
The Kenyan was arrested by India’s Central Industrial Security Force(CISF) with 1.02 Kg of cocaine.
According to CISF, she had concealed the drugs in capsules inside her undergarments.
Records indicate that she had flown in from Addis Ababa landing in India at 11.09 am.
A routine airport security search raised the suspicions of CISF officer, Laxmi Meena, prompting her to take a closer look at the Kenyan woman and her belongings.
“The cop conducted a pat down search, took her to a separate room and asked her to remove her clothes. Many capsules were found in her undergarment. One of the capsules was open and we realized that she was carrying high-quality cocaine,” a source said to the India Times.
The Kenyan was then taken to a medical centre for a comprehensive search that uncovered several cocaine-filled capsules.
Interrogations commenced forcing the Kenyan woman to admit that she had swallowed some more capsules.
It was at that point that, security personnel rushed her to Victoria Hospital for treatment to prevent the possibility of the capsules rupturing while still in her body. The visit to the medical facility was also informed by the need to ascertain that there were more drugs in her body per her confession.
By the time of publishing this article, the number of capsules recovered from Agola was unknown.
However, reports indicate that the drugs she was peddling were high-end.
“The cocaine is of extremely superior quality and has a market value of nearly Rs 12 crore (Ksh211 million),” said a source familiar with such drugs. “The seized substance has been handed over to the NCB,” he added.
Currently, she has been booked by India’s Narcotics Control Bureau under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Investigations are underway to determine whether she was working alone or was part of a big syndicate.
The past few months have seen a rise in Kenyans involved in drug smuggling operations.
Just last week three Kenyan women were arrested in Thailand for attempting to peddle drugs into the Asian country.
The three had swallowed several satchels that were discovered after an ultrasound scan.
