Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
Alert officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Sunday caught a 30-year-old woman from Zambia while she was landed at the airport from Addis ababa and walking out with a bag containing 4.5 kgs of heroine worth Rs.30 crore .
The woman is part of the international drug syndicate sent to Bengaluru on a business visa with the consignment to hand it over to her contact .
The drugs are concealed in a specially designed layer inside the trolly bag,sources said adding that the woman was supposed to call her contact as soon as getting out following which she will provided with the local logistic help and also provided a ticket to her next destination.
The woman said she would be getting handsome pay after delivery of the consignment.The officials are now trying to track down the local contact to ascertain the network .
In a similar operation the DRI officials on Thursday based on a tip off raided an international courier firm and recovered a parcel with 4.5 kgs of Pseudoephedrine worth Rs.20 lakh.
The drugs was concealed in the toy and couriered to new Zealand from Chennai.
The DRI officials are now on the lookout for the person who booked the order .
In another operation,the officials caught a 30-year-old man from Uganda and recovered 80 capsules of Methamphetamine worth Rs.4 crore from him.
The accused was intercepted at the Bengaluru airport while he was walking towards the exit gate .
He was taken into custody and recovered the drugs through medical procedure .
The accused was supposed to be received by his local contacts and taken to a hotel where he was planed to take out the drugs and give it to him, sources said .
