Ex-Air Hostess Found Smuggling Rs 30 Lakh Drugs From Gujarat To Mumbai

A former air hostess and her alleged aide have been arrested for trying to smuggle drugs worth Rs 30 lakh from Gujarat's Vadodara to Mumbai, with the investigation revealing the woman's long history of drug dealing.

The interstate drug smuggling was busted on Monday when the Surat Crime Branch received information that a large quantity of MD (known as Mephedrone) drug was being transported in a car from Vadodara to Mumbai. Based on this, the officials stopped a suspicious car near a toll post on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

Upon inspection, the cops found 977 grams of drugs in the vehicle - in which the former airhostess, identified as Mansi Sayed (41), and her aide,  Sohail Suleman Shaikh (20), were seated. Additionally, they also found multiple mobile phones and plastic bags and containers used for the packaging of the drugs.

Subsequently, Sayed and Shaikh were arrested.

During interrogation, they revealed that they had rented a car from Mumbai and had travelled to Vadodara to take the drugs back. They had received the drug consignment from an unidentified woman near the Vadodara railway station. Investigation further revealed that once the drugs reached Mumbai, they would have been divided into smaller packets for supply.

The plan was to prepare packets with five to 10 grams of drugs and sell them to people based on demand.

According to officials, the two accused lived in Mumbai's Santacruz area and have known each other for several years.

Mansi Sayed's previous record

Investigation revealed that the accused, Mansi, was a former air hostess who worked with Malaysian Airlines and had travelled to various countries.

Officials said that Mansi had been in contact with the drug network since 2015. She has a long history of drug dealing and was previously arrested in Madhya Pradesh's Indore in 2021 after the police found her with around 100 grams of drugs. She ended up spending nearly four years in the case.

According to the police, Mansi's connection with the drug supply networks in various areas of Madhya Pradesh was revealed during the investigation of the 2021 case. The police are now probing the connection between her past and present contacts in the drug network.

The cops are also on the lookout for the woman who supplied drugs to the accused, officials added.

(With inputs from Amit Thakur)