Heroin Haul Seized From Burundian Passenger At Hyderabad Airport
Hyderabad, July 4 (Maxim News): Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here seized heroin valued at Rs. 14.20 crore from a female Burundian passenger who arrived from Nairobi.
According to the officials, it is said that 2,027 grams of heroin were recovered from the passenger, who arrived on Air Arabia Airways flight No. G9-458 on Sunday. Based on passenger profiling and meticulous observation, the sleuths identified and intercepted the passenger, aged about 43, she arrived from Nairobi via Sharjah on July 2. Two kgs of Heroin valued at Rs. 14.2 crores were seized by RGIA customs
On examination of her baggage, the officials found 8 traditional African dresses, one ladies’ handbag, and 3 soaps. The baggage appeared to be heavier than normal weight. On the careful opening of side layers of the dresses, the handbag, and the soaps, they found black/clear plastic pouches concealed in each of the layers of the handbag, buttons of dresses, and in the soaps.
The pouches contained brownish-white powder which upon testing appeared to be ‘heroin’, a narcotic drug that is prohibited under NDPS Act, 1985, and sent to judicial custody by the court. Diligent, alert, and prompt action by the Hyderabad Customs officers has resulted in this huge catch of narcotics, the department said. (Maxim News)
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