{
  "id": 18159840,
  "title": "Mumbai Crime: DRI Seizes 7.85 Kg Hashish Hidden Inside Bathroom Mirror Shipped From US; Consignee Arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/mumbai-crime-dri-seizes-7-85-kg-hashish-hidden-inside-bathroom-mirror",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T17:35:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-crime-dri-seizes-785-kg-hashish-hidden-inside-bathroom-mirror-shipped-from-us-consignee-arrested"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai, November 4, 2026: The Mumbai Zonal Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 7.85 kilograms of hashish hidden inside a bathroom mirror shipped from the United States, according to reports. The operation was carried out in response to intelligence on a new smuggling method. An international courier consignment from New York was intercepted at Mumbai's International Courier Terminal. A framed bathroom mirror, declared as such in the manifest, was identified as suspicious and subjected to forensic examination. Hidden compartments in the mirror frame revealed eight large packets and a total of 169 smaller packets containing hashish. The intercepted drug weighed 7,850 grams (7.85 kg) and tested positive for hashish using an NDPS field testing kit. The consignee was arrested and booked under the NDPS Act. Further investigation is ongoing to map the domestic distribution network, identify secondary accomplices in India, and establish international supply links originating from the United States.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, November 4, 2026: In a major breakthrough against transnational narcotics trafficking, the Mumbai Zonal Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has intercepted an international courier consignment originating from New York, United States. The operation culminated in the seizure of 7.85 kilograms of high-grade hashish and the subsequent arrest of the principal consignee.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}