Narcotics Control Bureau has seized 3.690 kilos of a very pure form of cocaine worth around Rs 10 crore in the international market and arrested a Brazilian national for possessing the drug.
Acting on a tip off, NCB authorities searched the hotel room of Dasilva Jailson in suburban Pallavaram yesterday and seized the cocaine from his possession in one of the largest seizures of its kind.
In a press release here, NCB Zonal Director Prem Anand Sinha today said the Brazilian had travelled from Rio de Janeiro to Chennai via Dubai.
"Although Dasilva Jailson had a valid tourist visa from August 2016 to February 2017, he was planning to leave the country on 24th September after delivering the consignment," he said.
The seized cocaine was sandwiched on both sides of outer cover of four note books and seven packets were kept in between seven children's books.
"The seized contraband is worth around Rs 10 crores in local illegal market and is one of the largest cocaine seizures made in the region," Sinha said.
Stating that the seized contraband of a "very pure form and sourced directly from the cocaine production belt in South America," he said though the seizure was made here, the consignment "is believed to have been for distribution across metro cities in various states."
The present seizure, besides other similar exercises of cocaine by NCB here has "dealt a severe blow to the Cocaine syndicate operating in the southern Indian states," Sinha said, adding further investigations was on to find out the Jailson's links in Chennai.
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