The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a Sierra Leonean national who was trying to smuggle cocaine concealed in 74 Capsules at Mumbai Airport,

During questioning, the man told DRI officials that he had ingested Cocaine capsules in his attempt to sneak in the banned narcotic substances to India.

Based on specific information, the man was apprehended by a DRI team at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after his arrival in the city on March 28, the anti-smuggling agency said in a statement on Sunday.

The drug capsules, weighing 1,108 grams, were recovered from the man’s body by doctors at the state-run J J Hospital on Saturday, the official said.

Meanwhile, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs drug trafficking and money laundering remain prevalent at alarming levels in Sierra Leone, with the country being used as a transshipment point from South America/Asia to Europe and, to a lesser extent, the United States.

Within a week, two Sierra Leoneans have been reportedly arrested in India, trying to smuggle cocaine into the country.