Woman arrested in Mumbai with US$10m of heroin fro...

Woman arrested in Mumbai with US$10m of heroin from Harare

The woman said the drugs were given to her in Harare to be delivered to two people in Mumbai

The Indian national who was arrested at Mumbai Airport earlier this week with almost 12kgs of heroin told Indian authorities that she was a mule ferrying the prohibited substance from Harare.

Reports in Indian media indicate that a team of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Monday recovered 11.94 kg heroin in the form of granules from an Indian woman passenger, who had arrived from Harare to Mumbai via Nairobi by Kenya Airways.

According to the agency the seized package is valued at Rs 84 crore (just over US$10 million).

The woman reportedly said the drugs were given to her in Harare to be delivered to two people in Mumbai.

The DRI team identified and arrested the recipients who had come to receive the passenger and the contraband near Mumbai airport.

Last year Indian authorities arrested two travellers from Zimbabwe on drug related charges.

https://zimbabwenow.co.zw/articles/1362/zimbabwean-man-and-woman-arrested-for-possession-of-79kg-heroin-at-mumbai-airport

Another Indian woman was arrested at Victoria Falls International Airport in October 2022 after being found in possession of 9.2kg of heroin in her luggage. The woman’s family has told Indian media that she was a courier for a male foreign national living in India.

Zimbabwe Republic Police have so far arrested over 2100 suspects in an ongoing operation against drug dealers. Most of those arrested are small time operators.