A WOMAN from Brazil was held at Mumbai airport allegedly with cocaine worth ₹111 million (£1m), a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said on Thursday (20).
She was held after alighting from Sao Paulo from flight AF 218 on a specific tip-off received by the Mumbai zonal unit of the DRI, the official added.
"We found seven pouches containing a viscous liquid that had been stitched to her inner clothing. The liquid was found to be cocaine after it was tested using a field kit.
"She confessed to carrying 1.11 kilograms of cocaine in liquid form. She was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act," he said. (PTI)
This photograph taken on April 28, 2026 shows a boy getting "thali", a sacred thread tied to his neck symbolising marriage to Hindu warrior god Aravan during the annual Koovagam transgender festival at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. For a few fleeting days each year, at the heart of the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan, a tradition rooted in millennia-old Hindu texts -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom.Getty Images
This photograph taken on April 29, 2026 shows a member of the transgender community mourning as a priest cuts the "thali", a sacred thread symbolising end of her marriage to Hindu warrior god Aravan during the annual Koovagam transgender festival at the Koothandavar temple in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district. For a few fleeting days each year, at the heart of the Koothandavar Temple where ostracised transgender community members from across India come to honour the Hindu deity Aravan, a tradition rooted in millennia-old Hindu texts -- and to enjoy a brief oasis of freedom. Getty Images