Mumbai, January 28: Customs authorities today arrested a South African national from the city airport with 7-kg of heroin worth about Rs 7-crore in the international market.
Jualia Nyan Deni, who was travelling to Menzin via Johannesburg by Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 611, had concealed the contraband in her check-in baggage, an airport source said.
“She had concealed the heroin in the false bottom of her suitcase, in the heels of three pairs of sandals and also in her purse, which she was carrying as her check-in-baggage,” the source said.
A case under NDPS Act has been registered against Deni, the source said, adding she will be produced in the court tomorrow.
–Agencies