Kenya Airways Passenger Arrested in India Carrying Heroin Worth Sh127 Million

A Kenya Airways passenger was on Wednesday arrested for trying to smuggle 11.94kgs of heroin into India.

The woman was intercepted at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said.

An examination of her baggage resulted in the recovery and seizure of cream-colored granules. 

On testing with a narcotics field testing kit, the substance tested positive for the presence of heroin.

“The substance was concealed inside the trolley bags and file folders,” said an officer.

The substance is valued at approximately Rs 84 Crores (Sh127 million) in the illicit market. 

The DRI said the suspect identified as Rukshana Shaikh arrived at the Mumbai airport from Harare in Zimbabwe through Nairobi on a Kenya Airways flight.

Upon interrogation, Shaikh said the drugs were handed over to her in Harare and were to be delivered to two persons in Mumbai. 

DRI officers identified and arrested the said recipients who had come to receive the passenger and the contraband outside the airport.