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South African woman held at Delhi airport with drugs worth Rs 24 lakh

A 31-year-old South African woman was on Thursday held at the international airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle out Rs 24 lakh worth narcotic drugs.

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A 31-year-old South African woman was on Thursday held at the international airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle out Rs 24 lakh worth narcotic drugs.

The incident occurred last night around 11.40 PM at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) when a CISF team spotted the woman exhibiting suspicious behaviour when she arrived at the airport terminal.

The woman, identified as Rachael Zulu, was about to board a flight to Johanesburg when she was intercepted.
Interestingly, a senior CISF officer said, the woman was possessing two tickets-- one for domestic flight to Mumbai and the other for Johanesburg via Abu Dhabi.

"Zulu showed the Mumbai ticket to gain entry into the terminal as she wanted to evade Customs and other intelligence agencies inside the airport. She planned to cross over to the international departure from inside the domestic flying area but was caught.

"She was chosen for a detailed inspection by security officials and when her baggage was scanned, 9 packets containing over 23.6 kilograms of narcotics were found," the senior Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer said.

The banned drugs, identified as Pseudoephedrine, were concealed in her luggage, the officer said.

The security team later alerted anti-narcotics sleuths who apprehended Zulu under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. "The estimated value of the seized drug is Rs 24 lakh," the officer said.

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