India, March 26 -- The Mumbai zonal unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 19.79 kg of cocaine, worth around Rs.19.79 crore in illicit markets, from the possession of a female foreign national, suspected of being the carrier of an international narcotics trafficking syndicate.

The passenger, a national of Sierra Leone, arrived from Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday on a flight and was under the DRI's surveillance based on specific intelligence about her. On arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), a detailed examination of her luggage was carried out by a DRI investigator who found out that she had ingeniously concealed the contraband material, in the form of a white powdery substance i...