In Mumbai, India, during a Ksh1.2 billion narcotics bust, a traveler from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) was detained aboard a flight.
The woman was apprehended with 12 kilograms of heroin, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) announced in a statement dated Tuesday, February 14.
On a tip from Indian intelligence, the DRI investigated her luggage and discovered the shipment inside.
“She traveled from Harare to Mumbai via Nairobi. 11.94 kilograms of cream-colored granules were found, and upon examination, they tested positive for heroin “Part of the release was read.
The material was hidden in some of her trolley luggage and altered file folders, according to agency officers.
When questioned, the suspect stated that she had been given specific instructions to transfer the suitcase to somebody in India after receiving it in Zimbabwe.
She successfully identified two guys as her accomplices, leading to their arrest by the authorities. The Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of the nation will be used to bring charges against the three.
According to the law, anyone discovered bringing in a commercial amount of narcotics faces a minimum 10-year prison sentence and a minimum Ksh152,000 fine (100,000 Indian Rupees).
Investigators looking into the case will also collaborate with their counterparts in Zimbabwe and Nairobi to apprehend collaborators, including those who helped hide her bags.
The incident occurred just three months after a Kenyan woman was found in possession of a kilogram of heroin at Chennai Airport.
Investigators charged the woman with concealing the illegal substance in her body after she arrived from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
Before she was accused and arraigned in accordance with Indian law, she was jailed and the heroin was recovered.
