DRI seizes 4.7 kg of cocaine hidden in coffee packets at Mumbai airport
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 4.7 kg of cocaine worth about ₹47 crore from a passenger arriving from Colombo at Mumbai airport on 31 October 2025.
Summary
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 4.7 kg of cocaine, valued at about ₹47 crore, from a woman passenger arriving from Colombo at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, on 31 October 2025. The drug was hidden in nine pouches inside coffee packets. DRI later arrested four more members of the syndicate, and all five were arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985. The DRI said syndicates are increasingly using Indian women as couriers and hiding drugs in food items.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 31 Oct 2025, CSMIA, Mumbai
- Seized
- 4.7 kg cocaine, about ₹47 crore
- Origin of flight
- Colombo
- Concealment
- Nine pouches inside coffee packets
- Arrests
- Five, under NDPS Act, 1985
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The passenger from whom DRI seized 4.7 kg of cocaine at Mumbai airport on 31 October 2025 had arrived from:
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Correct answer: B — Colombo
The woman passenger was arriving from Colombo when DRI officers intercepted her at CSMIA, Mumbai.
In the DRI seizure at Mumbai airport on 31 October 2025, the cocaine was concealed inside:
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Correct answer: D — Coffee packets
Nine pouches of cocaine were found concealed inside coffee packets.