The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 3.186 kg of cocaine worth Rs 38.4 crore at Bengaluru International Airport. A Ghanaian woman, identified as Jennifer Abbe, was arrested after arriving from Doha, Qatar.
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00:00I have news coming in the gold smuggling scandal allegations that have come in in Karnataka the DRI cracks down on the drug smuggling at the Bengaluru International Airport
00:09seizes cocaine allegedly worth 38 crore rupees cocaine remember is a hard narcotic substance and clearly of course not permitted
00:18but the manner in which over 38 crore worth rupees of cocaine that has been accessed and has been seized by the DRI
00:27the directorate of revenue intelligence officials have said that over 3 kilogram of cocaine which remember 3 kilogram is not a massive amount
00:36but it's the worth in terms of money over 38 crore rupees and we are told that he is a Ghana national and was caught at the airport
00:45accused has been identified arrived in Bengaluru from Doha in Qatar based on a tip-off DRI officials conducted a thorough inspection
00:53and realized there was the contraband this is a woman national we are told a woman who was carrying these drugs and what was the intention
01:04Sagai Raj joins me for the latest on that Sagai to bring all of that into India this is not a very small amount either
01:123 kilogram given the kind of protocol against is a massive amount and plus the money that comes with it tell us more about this crackdown
01:21now what we get to learn is the accused has been identified as Jennifer Abbey and she is a Ghanian citizen and she had travelled from Bengaluru to Doha Qatar
01:33and based on the tip-off from the DRI officials they conducted a thorough inspection and discovered the contraband in that position
01:41and if you notice that this comes after a huge discovery from the DRI when it comes to gold smuggling racket of Rania Rao
01:52and this time they have found around 38.4 crores worth of cocaine that is around 3.186 kg that this lady was carrying with her position
02:05and the DRI which had first found out this much of cocaine and now she has been arrested and trying to ascertain what is the smuggling racket of her
02:16who are the suppliers and they are trying to find out the nexus behind this particular cocaine racket
02:24alright so that's a remember a big amount in terms of money worth breaking the guidelines and protocols
02:31and but was it just for her clearly not was there a bigger nexus that the DRI will be looking at