Mumbai Customs seize Heroin worth Rs 16.80 crores, arrest foreigner

On Saturday, the Mumbai Customs' Air Intelligence Unit detained a foreign national at Mumbai Airport and seized 2.4 kg of Heroin, which has a value of ₹16.80 crores, according to a customs official's statement on Monday.

As per the customs official, the foreign national had travelled from Entebbe, Uganda and was identified and apprehended based on specific intelligence. The official added that a packet of the illegal substance was retrieved from the individual, which had been hidden inside a false cavity of a carton.

Based on specific intelligence, Mumbai Airport Customs on 16 April seized 2.4 kg of Heroin valued at Rs 16.80 crores from a foreign national who arrived from Entebbe, Uganda. Drugs were concealed in a false cavity of a carton. The Passenger has been arrested. Further…

— ANI (@ANI) April 17, 2023

Customs officials stated that the passenger was taken into custody after the drug seizure, and ongoing investigations are being conducted.

Officials have reported that an individual from Uzbekistan was arrested on Saturday in Chandigarh after confessing to bringing 3,208 grams of gold that were discovered abandoned at Delhi airport on April 13th.