Summary:
An Ethiopia-based person had exported 132 kg of Catha Edulis alias Mira Leaves alias Khat Leaves valued at Rs 3.4 crore on July 10. He was one of the receivers of Khat consignment and was staying in a hotel in Colaba," said an agency source. Making a breakthrough in the Khat leaves (contraband) smuggling case, sleuths from Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday, arrested three foreign nationals, including a dentist and a management student, for being part of the international drug cartel that originates in Ethiopia. Another consignment of 40 kg of Khat leaves worth Rs 1 crore had come from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on Thursday, which was received by Mirai. Those arrested are Ethiopian nationals Amir Abdul Razzak, 27, a dentist by profession, Abdul Aziz Yusuf Umar, 29, and Yemeni national Ahmed Mirai, 32..