DRI seizes 4 kg cocaine worth ₹40 cr at KIA

In a new shift in modus operandi, criminals are using magazines and comic books as camouflage to smuggle contraband drugs on transnational routes to escape detection and hoodwink law enforcers.

- BALA CHAUHAN @Bengaluru

On July 18, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Bengaluru Zonal Unit (BZU) intercepted an Indian male passenger, who arrived in Bengaluru from Doha at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in the early hours of Friday.

The officers found that he was carrying in his baggage two superhero comics/magazines which were unusually heavy. They recovered white powder concealed in the coverside of the magazine. The powder tested positive for cocaine," said sources.