2 South Africans held with Rs 75 crore drugs, did 59 Delhi-Bengaluru trips in 6 months

MANGALURU: In a major drug haul, CCB sleuths of Mangaluru city police arrested two South African women in Bengaluru and seized 37.8kg MDMA worth Rs 75 crore, capping a six-month surveillance of the suspects, who flew between Bengaluru and New Delhi 59 times in six months to deliver the contraband.

Police identified the arrested duo as Bamba Fanta alias Adonis Jabulile, 31, from Agbovillae in South Africa, and currently residing in Vipin Garden, New Delhi, and Abigail Adonis alias Olijo Evans, 30, from Pretoria, residing in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi.

Fanta arrived in India in 2020 on business visa and was running a food cart, while Adonis came in 2016 on medical visa and was engaged in garment business, police said.

Police will now coordinate with NCB for further probe, Mangaluru city police commissioner said.