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Heroin worth ₹434 crore seized at Delhi airport, raids in Punjab and Haryana
Last year, over 3,300kg of heroin was seized by DRI. This year, the major heroin seized include 34kg from a container at ICD Tughlakabad, 201 kg from the Mundra port and 392 kg of thread laced with heroin at Pipavav port.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Wednesday said it has seized 62kg of heroin worth ₹434 crore through a consignment that arrived at the air cargo complex of the India Gandhi International (IGI) airport.
A DRI official said the consignment was intercepted based on a tip-off, adding that the importer of the consignment was apprehended while some other suspects are currently being interrogated.
Officials said the consignment -- supposed to contain 330 trolley bags -- had just 126 trolley bags with heroin weighing 55kg concealed in the bags’ hollow metal tubes. DRI officials said another 7kg of heroin was recovered in follow-up operations in Punjab and Haryana.
“The initial cargo consignment with 55kg heroin, coming from Entebbe in Uganda, was seized on May 10. Teams carried out follow-up operations in Punjab and Haryana and 7kg of heroin and ₹50 lakh in cash was recovered during this follow-up process. The total value of this is ₹434 crore in the international market,” said a DRI official.
“In the last three months, multiple cases have also been booked, leading to seizure of more than 60kg heroin from air passengers,” a DRI official added.
Last year, over 3,300kg of heroin was seized by DRI. This year, the major heroin seized include 34kg from a container at ICD Tughlakabad, 201 kg from the Mundra port and 392 kg of thread laced with heroin at Pipavav port.