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Mumbai: Doctors extract 1 kg gold from 3 women’s bodies

MUMBAI: The doctors at the JJ hospital on Wednesday managed to extract around 1 kg of gold biscuits from the three Kenyan nationals who were carrying them inside their bodies.

Acting on the secret tip off, the NCB had detained three females who were arriving from Doha at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminals on Tuesday. The NCB sought permission for conducting their X-ray text. The three accused identified as Mohammed Kuresha Ali (61), Abdullai Adan (43) and Ali Sadia (45).

During medical examination it was found that the trio were carrying contraband in their viginal and rectal cavity. On Wednesday under the doctor’s supervision they discharged the contraband weighing around 937.78 grams of gold.

“There were in all 13 packets containing 17 pieces of gold each weighing around 20 grams to approximately 100 grams’’ Said Sameer Wankhede, zonal director of the NCB.

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