doneHyderabad: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths arrested a woman and her daughter travelling on the Delhi–Bengaluru Rajdhani Express at Secunderabad railway station. They seized 11.4 kg of crystal meth, valued at 11.4 crore, from their possession on Monday.The DRI officials of the Hyderabad Zonal Unit acted on specific inputs and intercepted the two women, who had travelled from Delhi, after the train arrived at Secunderabad station on Monday evening. During a search of the trolley bags, the team found 10 plastic packets containing a white crystalline substance.“The narcotic substance was carefully concealed to avoid detection. The packets were wrapped in black polythene, covered with designer paper, and hidden within the folds of bedsheets packed inside the trolley bags,” said a DRI official.The substance was tested on the spot using a field drug detection kit and tested positive for amphetamine, commonly known in the market as crystal meth. The contraband was seized under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The two accused were arrested and remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday. According to DRI officials, the 55-year-old woman and her 26-year-old daughter from Delhi collected the consignment in the capital from an unknown person and were tasked with delivering it to a receiver in Bengaluru. The accused allegedly admitted to the DRI sleuths that they had previously worked as couriers for drug traffickers. The DRI team is now working on the information to identify the source of the drug and others involved in the racket. MSID:: 130586482 413 |
