A 25-year-old Kenyan woman was on Friday arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with packages of cocaine. Caroline Wanjiku Mwangi was arrested as she attempted to board a flight that was scheduled to depart for Goa, India.
She was singled out for an inspection, upon which detectives discovered two smaller handbags that were tucked inside her luggage. The two smaller handbags had packages of cocaine concealed inside them. The cocaine weighed a total of 1.3 kilograms.
“Caroline Wanjiku Mwangi was nabbed by eagle-eyed Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as she attempted to board a flight to Goa, India. Her travel plans hit turbulence when sharp-sighted detectives flagged her down for a routine check. A quick inspection of her luggage led to the discovery of two suspicious smaller bags tucked inside,” a statement from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said.
The drugs were concealed in a yellow cello tape. “Upon opening the handbags, detectives found a white powdery substance neatly packed and wrapped in yellow cellotape, definitely not your average souvenir. A spot test confirmed the officers’ suspicions, the results indicated that the powdery substance was Cocaine weighing 1.3 kilograms,” the DCI stated.
Wanjiku’s arrest comes barely one month after another Kenyan woman, Emily Kanini Rhoda, was arrested in India smuggling cocaine worth Sh270 million.
Kenyan Emily Kanini Rhoda arrested smuggling Sh270 million cocaine in India
Kanini who is 43 years old, was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after her luggage was inspected and found with the drugs. She had from Nairobi, Kenya to India, through Doha, Qatar on April 1. She was singled out for inspection after officers noticed that she was overly nervous.
After her interrogation by the Indian customs officials, Kanini had claimed that she received the drugs from a lady in Nairobi who had paid for her flight and accommodation in Mumbai.
“She admitted that she was aware of the contents of the bag and she had been promised Sh100,000 if she successfully smuggled the drugs to India,” the customs report stated.
“She was to be given Sh100,000 in Delhi for the successful delivery of the drugs to some accomplice. Since she was in need of the money, she accepted the offer of Millicent to earn some quick, easy money.”
