A Filipino woman who has worked as a maid in Hong Kong was arrested for allegedly smuggling 4.7 kilograms of cocaine from Brazil to India.
On Monday, Jonna De Torres, 36, was traveling from Sao Paolo to Kochi, a city in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, via Muscat. She was arrested at Cochin International Airport after authorities allegedly found 250 million rupees (US$3.9 million) worth of cocaine in her luggage, The Hindu reported.
According to the Indian Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Torres previously visited Brazil in 2015. She recently went to Sao Paolo for five days before arriving in Kochi, the first time she had visited India.
The NCB said Torres admitted that she had been hired for US$4,000 to smuggle the drugs to India. She also admitted to smuggling drugs on several other occasions, The New Indian Express reported.
According to the Express report, Torres holds a Philippine passport issued in 2013. She had worked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong.
Torres will be in the custody of the NCB pending her trial at a Magistrate Court.
The NCB said this was the third drug-smuggling case in Kochi in the past two months, and in all of the incidents, the drugs were supplied by a racket based in Sao Paolo.
In India, the maximum penalty for drug smuggling is a 20-year prison term and a fine of 200,000 rupees.
sus, magrarally na naman ang mga militanteng grupo sa hk, isisisi na naman sa gobyerno ang lahat!!! tsk…tsk..tsk…some people never learn!!!!
u got what u deserved.
Good job kabyan d ka natkot mahuli huh ngaun lagot ka sa mga indiano????
Be there in the prison.u deserved it.u don’t have a single right to ask help from our government.
Same on her,, she thinks that she can fool,the authorities,’,, she deserves to be in jail.
She deserves the penalty as being a drug courier is crime but still she did it!
Congratulations Indian Immigration officers Job well done!
They want much money in easy way so she shall accept the penalty!!
Phil.govt./dfa..pls do not extend any help.she knows what she was doing.let het
Suffer and rot in jail…
Money is the root of all evil..
$4000 to smuggle drugs to India. Now you will be spending 20 years behind bars and Rupees 200,000 fine. Is it worth the try? I don’t know but what I can say is you already ruined up your life and the painful situation your family had to face. So I urge anyone please do not fall into this stupid temptation or else you will face serious consequences.
Ng pmyag xa ng una sa kung anu mng dhiln nya at nkalusot xa….aqla nya mkwala p xa sa sindikato? Mkakawala k lng as courier if mahuli ka or mpatay ka…kea isip mo bgo masilaw.
tagam oi tapulan man gud gusto ng instant money
yn napala mo dkana na kontento sa kita mo fosto mo pa ng ms masdaling kita yn boti nga sau hwag kang hihingi ng tolong sa iba kasalanan mo panagotan mo mg sisi kman holi n
Here we are again,and the President will take all the blame…. these people NOT DESERVE A HELP……
YOU CREATE YOUR LUCK ,KAYA MAGDUSA KA
Lock her up! She’s not stupid not to know she’s into illegal activity.
Be happy at contented kng anu meron..be thankful u still alive at hndi disabled….magtrabaho ng marangal…kasi hbng buhay mo mkkita pinghhirapan mo….kesa nmn may fishing easy job ka..pro ikaw nmn nhhirapan…
Easy job…kaya ayan easy rin nwala….lesson na to sa..mga madalingasilaw sa pera…pro think billion times….bago sumabak sa gnitong trabaho….baka maging 1 day billioner tayo..at hbng buhay magtiis sa kulungan….
Omg! If u are greedy and too ambitious this is what happen…my Gosh!
Be thankful you caught in india not in china or singapore. Don’t seek help to our local givernment you deserve to be in prison
I guess she deserved penalty as she knows its illegal & dangerous to carry… why take a chance? She push her luck..