DRI seizes over 4 kg cocaine hidden in comics at Bengaluru airport
On 18 July 2025, DRI Bengaluru seized 4,006 grams of cocaine worth about Rs 40 crore, hidden in two superhero comics, from a passenger arriving from Doha at Kempegowda International Airport.
Summary
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Bengaluru Zonal Unit intercepted an Indian passenger arriving from Doha at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, early on 18 July 2025. Officers found white powder concealed in the covers of two unusually heavy superhero comics; it tested positive for cocaine. The 4,006 grams of cocaine, worth about Rs 40 crore in the international market, were seized under the NDPS Act, and the passenger was arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985, and remanded to judicial custody the same day.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 18 July 2025, Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
- Agency
- DRI Bengaluru Zonal Unit
- Seized
- 4,006 g cocaine, about Rs 40 crore
- Concealment
- Covers of two superhero comics
- Origin of flight
- Doha
- Law
- NDPS Act, 1985
Practice MCQs 1 questions
In the DRI seizure at Bengaluru airport on 18 July 2025, where was the 4 kg of cocaine concealed?
Show answer
Correct answer: D — In the covers of two superhero comics
PIB (Finance): the passenger was carrying two unusually heavy superhero comics; white powder recovered from the covers tested positive for cocaine (4,006 grams, about Rs 40 crore).