20 Nov 2022
Divya Delhi: The finance ministry reported that DRI officials apprehended a traveler and confiscated over 4 kilograms of cocaine worth ₹40 crore at Bengaluru International Airport. The Bengaluru Zonal Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested a Doha-bound Indian man. The passenger carried two large superhero comics/magazines. Officers gently removed white powder from magazine covers. Cocaine was found in the powder. Under the NDPS Act, 4,006 grams of cocaine with an international market value of Rs 40 crore was confiscated "Ministry stated. Following the NDPS Act, 1985 arrest, the passenger was remanded to judicial custody.