Hyderabad:A woman from Ghana who has been in the country on a visit visa has been caught smuggling narcotics from Goa to the city. She was detained by the sleuths of the Prohibition and excise department.

According to the officials, the lady identified herself as Genevive Alando Oketch. She came to India from The Republic of Ghana on her tourist visa back in March 2016.

Deputy commissioner of Excise C. Vivekananda Reddy said, “As per the instructions from her boss who was at present staying in Goa, she came to the city with the narcotic substances on Wednesday morning in a private travel. Subsequently, she booked a room at an OYO hotel in Somajiguda for two days. Her plan was to deliver the narcotic substances to the customers as per the directions of her boss and leave the city.”

Her plan was brought to a stop by the Prohibition and Excise officials. Headed by K Karuna, a P&E inspector, the district task force, acting on a tip-off went to the hotel where she was staying and caught her red-handed with 50 grams of cocaine and 10 grams of ecstasy. They also took away her passport from her possession.

“We have booked a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) and further investigation are underway to trace the customers trying to procure these drugs in the city. We are also trying to zero in on the location of her boss, who was at present in Goa and detain him,” Reddy told a newspaper.

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