Cocaine, Heroin Worth Over Rs 32 Crore Seized At Mumbai Airport

The accused were found violating provisions of Section 8 of the NDPS Act, and had committed an offence punishable under Section 21, Section 23 and Section 29 of NDPS Act.

Customs officials remove heroin from file folders and remove buttons filled with Cocaine. ( Image Source :ANI )

New Delhi: Customs authorities at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport have seized cocaine and heroin amounting to more than Rs 32 crore in two separate cases, an official said on Friday.

The Customs official said the 4.47 kg heroin worth Rs 31.29 crore in the covers of a document folder, while 1.596 kg of cocaine valued at Rs 15.96 crore was hidden in the buttons of clothes.

"We launched a drive against drugs smuggling and busted this racket," said the official.

Mumbai Airport Customs seizes 4.47 kg Heroin valued at Rs 31.29 crores & 1.596 kg Cocaine valued at Rs 15.96 crores in two separate cases. Heroin was concealed in documents folder covers whereas Cocaine was concealed in cloth buttons: Customs pic.twitter.com/rx4YwDtK3K

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The accused were found violating provisions of Section 8 of the NDPS Act, and had committed an offence punishable under Section 21, Section 23 and Section 29 of NDPS Act.

Accordingly, they were placed under arrest, the official said, adding that the narcotic substances were seized along with concealing material under Section 43(a) of the NDPS Act.

Further probe is underway.

In December, the Customs officials arrested a Guinea national and recovered 82 capsules containing cocaine -- which were ingested by her -- valued at Rs 15.36 crore.

The woman was held at Indira Gandhi International Airport while her operation to retrieve cocaine capsules was performed at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Finally, 82 capsules were recovered which yielded a total of 1,024 gm white powdery substance.

The official said that the woman who travelled from Conakry to Addis Ababa had further arrived at Terminal-3, IGI Airport on December 7.

She was intercepted by the Customs on the basis of specific information after she had crossed the Green Channel and was approaching towards the exit gate of international arrival hall of T-3.

Upon questioning, she finally divulged that she had swallowed capsules of Narcotics substance.

 

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