Archive · 23 Sep 2026
DRI Arrests Nigerian Woman With ₹1.19 Crore Drugs
Officials in Indore stopped a Nigerian woman who was travelling by bus to Pune.
They had received information that a woman passenger might be carrying drugs.
Officers checked her baggage at a bus agency near Teen Imli crossroads.
They found bags of white crystalline material and packets of coloured tablets.
Tests showed the substances included amphetamine, MDMA and cannabis.
The officers also seized hydroponic cannabis, sometimes called weed.
The total seized material was valued at about ₹1.19 crore on the grey market.
The woman was arrested under India’s Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested a Nigerian woman in Indore on Monday.
Officials intercepted her at a bus agency while she was travelling from Indore to Pune.
Her baggage contained substances that field tests identified as amphetamine, MDMA and cannabis.
Authorities seized 1,120 grams of amphetamine, 296 grams of MDMA tablets and 10 grams of hydroponic cannabis.
The seized drugs had an estimated grey-market value of ₹1.19 crore, and the woman was arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985.
- Who
- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and a Nigerian woman passenger.
- What
- The DRI arrested the woman and seized amphetamine, MDMA tablets and hydroponic cannabis from her baggage.
- When
- The interception and arrest took place on Monday; officials reported it on Tuesday.
- Where
- At Purple Bus Travel Agency near an HP petrol pump in Vijay Udyog Nagar, Teen Imli chauraha, Indore.
- Why
- Officials acted on specific intelligence that a female bus passenger would be carrying drugs.
- Agency
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
- Location
- Purple Bus Travel Agency, Vijay Udyog Nagar, Teen Imli chauraha, Indore
- Travel route
- Indore to Pune
- Amphetamine seized
- 1,120 grams in powder and crystalline form
- MDMA seized
- 296 grams in tablet form
- Hydroponic cannabis seized
- 10 grams
- Estimated value
- ₹1.19 crore at grey-market value
- Legal action
- Arrest under relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985