At the Mumbai airport, Benin National swallows 43 capsules with heroin worth Rs 5 crore

Last week, a Benin native was detained by Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for smuggling 43 capsules carrying heroin worth Rs 5 crore.

The accused was presented before the Honorable CMM, who ordered that he have a medical checkup and have any illegal substances on his body removed. He may have consumed 43 pills, which seemed to contain NDPS material, during his medical check, according to a senior official from DRI.

The accused has been placed in judicial detention for 14 days.

According to sources, the accused ingested 43 pills that contained a narcotic drug. Inside his body, white powder or granules were discovered.

After receiving the necessary care, he was taken to JJ Hospital where, over the course of ten days, he vomited 43 capsules.

“From his body, 43 capsules in all were found. The material in the pills proved positive for heroin upon investigation. According to the NDPS Act of 1985, a total of 504 grams of a light brown sticky material, valued at almost $5 billion IMV, had been found and confiscated.

The suspected heroin pills were confiscated in accordance with NDPS Act Section 43(a).

The accused acknowledged trying to smuggle drugs throughout the inquiry.

“In light of the above, it was evident that he had broken Section 8’s rules and committed offenses that were punishable under Sections 21, 23, and 29 of the NDPS Act. As a result, he was detained in accordance with Section 43(b) of the NDPS Act,” the officer said.

It’s standard practice to transport illegal narcotics using bodies. Drug mules often consume or inject narcotics into their bodies via their gastrointestinal tracts or other orifices. Due to the intricacy of the traffickers’ methods and the ever-improving packing processes, it is becoming harder to detect such drug packs.

A delayed diagnosis and wrong treatment might have catastrophic physical effects on body packers, and in the worst cases, they could even be deadly.