MUMBAI, May 3 : The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an international drug smuggling syndicate and arrested two persons including a foreign national for allegedly trafficking in cocaine valued around Rs 7 crore, an official said here on Sunday.
According to the DRI official, on receipt of specific information about the arrival of a passenger at at the Mumbai international airport, Jezreel Luvado, a South African national, was apprehended with 1426 gm of cocaine valued around Rs 7 crore. During interrogation, he revealed the name of his Indian associate A.D. Patel.
A DRI team arrested Patel from Nagpada area of south Mumbai for allegedly aiding and abetting the crime.
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