Chennai:
A South African woman’s bid to conceal 1.075 kg of cocaine, worth Rs 5 crore in international market, by converting it into capsules and swallowing it failed before the prying eyes of Narcotic Control Bureau officials in the Chennai International Airport here.
The woman Princess Ntombifuthi Msomi, who is claimed to have links with South American cocaine cartel, swallowed 82 capsules where in cocaine was concealed. It is one of the modus operandi performed by international drug carriers who can conceal the drugs in capsules in their stomach for nearly 48 hours, said NCB.
The cocaine seized from Msomi, who was travelling from Sao Paulo to Chennai via Abu Dhabi on a tourist visa, is believed to be of pure form and is likely to have been sourced from the production belt of South America.
Further investigations are on to ascertain her links in city, NCB sources said.
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