Zambian woman held with 5 kg of heroin
The Hindu
She landed at Kozhikode from Qatar
Sleuths attached to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized about 5 kg of heroin from a Zambian woman who arrived from Qatar at the Calicut International Airport on Wednesday.
Officials said that Bishala Soko, 31, was intercepted by officials after she reached the airport by a Qatar Airways flight. She had hidden the heroin valued at ₹30 crore in her check-in baggage.
They said that Soko, who has a valid Indian visa, had reached Doha from Cape Town, South Africa.
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