Mumbai: The officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have arrested a 56-year-old Andheri resident who is an alleged operator and financier of a drug smuggling operation recently busted by the agency. Last week, DRI officers had arrested a Nigerian woman and had recovered and seized 2563 grams of Amphetamine and 584 grams of pills purported to be Ecstasy worth Rs 5 crore from her.
According to the DRI sources, intelligence was gathered by DRI, Mumbai which indicated that a huge quantity of amphetamine, a substance covered under Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, is being carried by one woman Blessing Favour Oboh who is travelling in a bus from New Delhi to Mumbai concealed in her luggage.
Acting on the said intelligence, the DRI officers intercepted the said passenger at Kala Nagar bus stop, Bandra, Mumbai on June 19. During the search of the trolley bag carried by her, the officers recovered and seized 2563 grams of Amphetamine and 584 grams of pills purported to be Ecstasy. In her statement she said she was getting a handsome amount of quick and easy money in lieu of smuggling.
"During the investigation and based upon the statement of Blessing Oboh, and further investigation, officers of DRI intercepted one F.R. Asar, a resident of Lokhandwala Complex in Andheri and during questioning he admitted to be the key person in the said case and he along with other accomplices had operated and financed the illicit trafficking of the seized drugs in Mumbai," said an agency source.
"Investigation conducted so far has further revealed that a larger syndicate has been involved in the smuggling of Amphetamine/ Ecstasy. Some of the accomplices of the accused, who had abetted to the crime, are yet to be apprehended. Persistent efforts are on to apprehend the said persons," the official added.
