A Zambian woman was arrested by Customs at the international airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle out 9.79 kgs of drugs worth Rs 1.46 crore.
The accused, identified as Monde Nawa, was intercepted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport in the wee hours of Sunday and upon checking her luggage, Customs officials found methaqualone drugs meticulously concealed in her luggage.
Nawa was scheduled to take an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Lubumbashi in Democratic Republic of the Congo via Ethiopia, a Customs official said today.
The female passenger has been booked under relevant sections of the Customs Act after she allegedly confessed to her plans to smuggle out the drugs.
