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Man held with 5.1 kg heroin at IGI Airport

A Mali national was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International airport here allegedly with 5.1 kg of heroin with a street value of around Rs 5.2 crore, officials said today.

Updated on: May 9, 2010, 23:18:18 IST
PTI | By , New Delhi
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A Mali national was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International airport here allegedly with 5.1 kg of heroin with a street value of around Rs 5.2 crore, officials said today.

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Abdoulaye Coulibaly was apprehended by Narcotics Control Bureau with help from CISF and Delhi International Airport Limited officials while he was about to board a Spicejet flight to Hyderabad from the capital.

Officials recovered 5.160 kg of heroin of south-west Asian origin from his possession.

During interrogation, officials claimed, Coulibaly told them that he was a carrier for drugs and was supposed to smuggle the consignment from India to Lome, Togo.

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