<p>Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Sierra Leone national who was trying to smuggle cocaine worth Rs 11 crore concealed in 74 capsules in his stomach, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The drug capsules, weighing 1,108 grams, were recovered from the body of the passenger by doctors at the state-run J J hospital on Saturday, an official said.</p>.<p>Based on specific information, the Sierra Leone national was apprehended by a team of DRI at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) after his arrival in the city on March 28, the anti-smuggling agency said in a statement.</p>.CBI seizes 25k kilos of yeast mixed with cocaine at Vizag port .<p>During questioning, the man told DRI officials that he had ingested cocaine capsules in his attempt to sneak in the banned narcotic substance to India.</p>.<p>He was then admitted to JJ hospital after obtaining a court order. A team of doctors removed 74 cocaine capsules from his abdomen, the official said.</p>.<p> The man was later arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and sent to judicial custody, the statement said.</p>.<p>This is the second case in a week involving a Sierra Leone national held with cocaine at the Mumbai airport.</p>.<p>On March 24, a woman from the African nation was arrested with 1,979 grams of cocaine valued at Rs 19.79 crore. She had concealed the drug in shoes, moisturizer and shampoo bottles and antiperspirants. </p>
<p>Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Sierra Leone national who was trying to smuggle cocaine worth Rs 11 crore concealed in 74 capsules in his stomach, an official said on Sunday.</p>.<p>The drug capsules, weighing 1,108 grams, were recovered from the body of the passenger by doctors at the state-run J J hospital on Saturday, an official said.</p>.<p>Based on specific information, the Sierra Leone national was apprehended by a team of DRI at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) after his arrival in the city on March 28, the anti-smuggling agency said in a statement.</p>.CBI seizes 25k kilos of yeast mixed with cocaine at Vizag port .<p>During questioning, the man told DRI officials that he had ingested cocaine capsules in his attempt to sneak in the banned narcotic substance to India.</p>.<p>He was then admitted to JJ hospital after obtaining a court order. A team of doctors removed 74 cocaine capsules from his abdomen, the official said.</p>.<p> The man was later arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and sent to judicial custody, the statement said.</p>.<p>This is the second case in a week involving a Sierra Leone national held with cocaine at the Mumbai airport.</p>.<p>On March 24, a woman from the African nation was arrested with 1,979 grams of cocaine valued at Rs 19.79 crore. She had concealed the drug in shoes, moisturizer and shampoo bottles and antiperspirants. </p>