New Delhi: A Kenyan Passenger has been arrested on the IGI Airport, New Delhi by Customs officers.
The passenger had arrived at Terminal-3, IGI Airport, New Delhi by flight no. QR 578 on Monday (May 17). She was touring from Nairobi to Delhi through Doha and was intercepted by the Customs officers of IGI Airport. She was arrested after she had crossed the inexperienced channel and was approaching the exit gate of the worldwide arrival corridor. A case of smuggling of off-white shade powder/granules suspected to be ‘heroin’ has been booked on 18.05.2021 in opposition to her.
On detailed private and baggage search of the passenger, off-white shade powder/granules suspected to be ‘heroin’ weighing in whole 3000 grams estimated to be valued at Rs. 21,00,00,000/- (Rs. Twenty-One Crore Only) was recovered from the pax, ingeniously hid on the base of her black shade trolley bag.
When the recovered substance was subjected to the drug detection package, prima facie it appeared to include heroin. The mentioned recovered heroin has been seized underneath the provisions of NDPS Act, 1985 and Customs Act, 1962 as this was discovered to be accountable for confiscation underneath each the acts ibid. The mentioned passenger has been positioned underneath arrest by way of Section 43(b) of NDPS Act, 1985, learn with Section 104 of the Customs Act, 1962.
