Hyderabad, April 3 -- A Nigerian woman was arrested by the Drugs Task Force (DTF) in Secunderabad on Friday, April 3, after she was caught carrying 7.5 gram of cocaine, worth approximately Rs 2.35 lakh, which she had brought from Mumbai, the police said.

The accused, identified as James Tesling Yamyunal, was intercepted near Sunshine Hospital in the Paradise area of Secunderabad after the DTF received a tip-off that a Nigerian national was travelling from Mumbai to Hyderabad with drugs.

The police laid a trap and apprehended the accused as she arrived in the area by auto-rickshaw from Mumbai. The cocaine, divided into five packets, was recovered from her possession.

Interrogation revealed that the accused had procured the cocaine in Mu...