By PTI
MUMBAI: Customs officers seized 4,970 grams of heroin value Rs 34.79 crore from a passenger who had hidden the contraband in a specifically created cavity in a trolley bag, an official mentioned on Monday.
In one other motion, 9,115 grams of gold valued at Rs 4.53 crore was seized final week, the Mumbai Airport Customs mentioned.
The heroin was seized after Customs officers, performing on particular info, stopped a passenger on the airport on Saturday.
During the search of his baggage, the officers discovered the contraband saved within the specifically made cavity contained in the trolley bag, Mumbai Airport Customs tweeted. The passenger has been arrested underneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. He was produced earlier than a courtroom which remanded him in judicial custody, it added.
In one other motion, the Mumbai Airport Customs seized 9,115 grams of gold valued at Rs 4.53 crores on Friday and Saturday and arrested three individuals in six instances, as per the tweet. The seized gold was discovered hid in a specifically designed jacket, flight, mixer transformer windings, trolley wheels, sneakers and physique, it added.
MUMBAI: Customs officers seized 4,970 grams of heroin value Rs 34.79 crore from a passenger who had hidden the contraband in a specifically created cavity in a trolley bag, an official mentioned on Monday.
In one other motion, 9,115 grams of gold valued at Rs 4.53 crore was seized final week, the Mumbai Airport Customs mentioned.
The heroin was seized after Customs officers, performing on particular info, stopped a passenger on the airport on Saturday.
During the search of his baggage, the officers discovered the contraband saved within the specifically made cavity contained in the trolley bag, Mumbai Airport Customs tweeted. The passenger has been arrested underneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. He was produced earlier than a courtroom which remanded him in judicial custody, it added.
In one other motion, the Mumbai Airport Customs seized 9,115 grams of gold valued at Rs 4.53 crores on Friday and Saturday and arrested three individuals in six instances, as per the tweet. The seized gold was discovered hid in a specifically designed jacket, flight, mixer transformer windings, trolley wheels, sneakers and physique, it added.
