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A Filipina was arrested by the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) for smuggling 4.7 kg of cocaine from Brazil via Nedumbassery airport apparently admitted that she was hired by a Brazilian drug cartel for $4,000. The NCB also received information that Torres served as a drugs carrier several times in the past. This is her first trip to India.
NCB officers found out that the suspect Jonna De Torres' passport was issued in 2013 and she was staying in Hong Kong as a domestic helper. She visited Brazil for five days and had been there in 2015. She got around $2000-$4000 for smuggling drugs. This time she was hired for $4000 US Dollars.
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Her passport showed that she visited Brazil and stayed there for five days before she went to India via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia then, Muscat, Oman as recorded in her passport.
While she was in Brazil, a certain Brazilian unknown to her visited her at Sao Paulo and handed a trolley bag and a handbag.
Officer said NCB was surprised to see Torres’ baggage containing cocaine getting through Addis Ababa and Muscat airports undetected before reaching Cochin.
The maximum penalty for drug smuggling is 20 years imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 rupees.
Source: New Indian Express
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