UK Jails Indian-Origin Couple For 33 Years For Exporting Half-Tonne Cocaine
NDTV
India had sought extradition of the couple on charges of the murder of their adopted son in Gujarat.
An Indian-origin couple in the UK, whose extradition was sought by India on charges of the murder of their adopted son in Gujarat, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison each after being convicted of exporting more than half a tonne of cocaine to Australia using commercial planes.
Arti Dhir, 59, and Kavaljitsinh Raijada, 35, from Hanwell in Ealing were identified by the National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators after Australian Border Force intercepted the cocaine worth 57 million pounds upon its arrival in Sydney in May 2021, the agency said in a statement on Monday.
The couple was behind a front company that had sent the drugs by plane under a cover load of metal toolboxes, according to the investigation.
