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Nigerian national arrested at SSR Airport with cocaine worth over Rs 3 million

A Nigerian national was recently intercepted at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport on suspicion of drug trafficking. His suspicious behavior upon disembarking the plane attracted the attention of officers from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Section and the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit ADSU. The individual was sweating abnormally in the air-conditioned arrival hall and was stopped as he was about to exit the Green Channel. During questioning, he confessed to acting as a "Body Packer," a method involving ingesting capsules containing narcotics to smuggle them across borders. He stated he had swallowed several pellets of cocaine intended for a Mauritian contact. The alleged mule was taken to Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in Rose-Belle under police surveillance, where he has since expelled 58 pellets of cocaine over three days. The seized illicit goods are valued at over Rs 3 million. ADSU investigators are continuing their inquiries to identify any local and foreign accomplices involved in this transnational drug trafficking network. The suspect faces a provisional charge of drug importation and remains in preventive detention; his interrogation has not yet begun.