- A 43-year-old Kenyan woman, Florence Indangasi, was arrested in Mumbai for drug smuggling.
- Intercepted at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after flying in from Nairobi.
- She admitted to swallowing drug-filled capsules during interrogation.
- Medical exam confirmed the presence of six cocaine pellets inside her body.
- A total of 665.5 grams of cocaine in powder form was recovered.
- Booked under India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
- Comes four months after another Kenyan woman was caught smuggling 1.7kg of cocaine.
Authorities in India have arrested a Kenyan woman for allegedly smuggling cocaine into the country by swallowing drug-filled capsules. The woman, Florence Indangasi, 43, was detained on Friday, July 8, at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport shortly after arriving from Nairobi.
According to The Indian Express, officers from India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) acted on prior intelligence and intercepted her upon landing. A detailed inspection of her luggage and clothing revealed nothing suspicious.
During questioning, Indangasi confessed to having swallowed drug capsules before boarding. She was immediately taken to JJ Hospital under court approval, where a medical examination was conducted.
Doctors at the hospital successfully recovered six pellets from her body. Laboratory analysis confirmed that the capsules contained 665.5 grams of cocaine in powder form.
She has since been booked under India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and placed under custody pending further investigations.
This latest arrest comes just four months after another Kenyan woman, Emily Rodha, was arrested at the same Mumbai airport for attempting to smuggle 1.7 kilograms of cocaine valued at approximately Ksh268 million.
Rodha had travelled from Nairobi to Delhi via Doha. The narcotics were hidden inside her trolley bag. Indian customs officers discovered four suspicious packets, which tested positive for cocaine.
She later confessed that she was handed the consignment by a woman in Nairobi and was promised Ksh100,000 for delivering it to a contact in Delhi.
Following both arrests, Indian authorities have intensified investigations into suspected drug smuggling networks operating between Kenya and India. Travel records and phone data are being analysed to uncover possible syndicates and additional suspects involved in similar trafficking routes.
