Two Brazilians were arrested at the international airport here for smuggling into the country cocaine worth Rs 20 crore , the customs department said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The accused, a male and a female from Brazil, were intercepted after their arrival from Sao Paulo via Paris on December 24.<\/p>\n
“Upon enquiry, both the passengers admitted that they had ingested capsules\/pellets containing some narcotic substances,” the customs said in a statement.<\/p>\n
During the initial proceedings at the airport, both the passengers eased out some capsules containing narcotic substance, it said.<\/p>\n
The accused were taken to Safdarjung hospital here “for suitable action to be taken for extraction\/excretion of said capsules,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
The entire medical extraction process lasted over several days and a total of 105 capsules were recovered from male passenger which in turn yielded 937 grams of cocaine, it said.<\/p>\n
A total of 58 capsules, containing 562 grams of cocaine, were recovered from the woman passenger, the statement said.<\/p>\n
The market value of the total of 1,399 grams of narcotic seized is estimated to be Rs 20.98 crore approximately, the customs said.<\/p>\n
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