Heroin worth Rs 5.3 crore seized at Bengaluru International Airport
754 grams of the drug concealed in folder couriered from Dubai; importer arrested
BENGALURU:
Based on specific intelligence, officers of the Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU), Bengaluru Airport, and the Air Cargo Commissionerate intercepted a courier shipment from Dubai on Saturday.
Examination of the shipment, which was declared as ‘Documents and Bag’, revealed a powdery substance concealed in a folder. The substance was identified as heroin as per the preliminary report from the trace detector.
Around 754 grams of concealed heroin, whose street price is about Rs 5.3 crore, was seized under the provisions of the NDPS Act.
Specific intelligence developed by Customs Intelligence Unit, Airport and ACC Blore, lead to seizure of 754 gm. (Approx. Rs 5.3 Cr) of Heroin concealed in Courier parcel from Dubai , declared as "Documents and Bag". Consignee arrested & Investigation is in progress @cbic_india pic.twitter.com/Jqmx1gpXWD
— Bengaluru Customs (@blrcustoms) January 26, 2022
The importer of the contraband consignment was arrested with the help of officers of the Bengaluru City Customs (Preventive) and was produced before a city magistrate, who remanded him to judicial custody.
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