Heroin Price Rs 70 Crore Seized In Chennai; 2 African Girls Arrested
About 10 kgs of heroin price Rs 70 crore has been recovered, officers mentioned. (Representational)
Chennai:
About 10 kgs of heroin price Rs 70 crore being smuggled into the rustic from South Africa was once seized and two African girls had been arrested on this connection, Customs officers mentioned on Friday.
Performing on inputs, the officers intercepted the 2 girls who arrived on the Chennai airport from Johannesburg, an legitimate unencumber mentioned.
Since certainly one of them was once the usage of a wheelchair in spite of showing to be have compatibility bodily, the officers interrogated the 2 and checked their luggage, the discharge mentioned.
The test yielded 8 plastic packets hid within the luggage that contained powder which was once heroin.
“In overall, 9.87 kgs of white coarse powder suspected to be heroin, roughly valued at Rs 70 crore, was once recovered,” the discharge mentioned.
Some of the girls was once travelling for scientific remedy in New Delhi at the side of her attendant on a visa which was once granted at the foundation of verbal exchange from the clinic.
Because of the COVID-19 scare in New Delhi, the passengers landed in Chennai.
The ladies had been arrested and additional investigation was once on, the discharge mentioned.
