Two foreigners held at Delhi airport with drugs

Two foreign nationals have been arrested at the Delhi airport and drugs worth million seized from them, officials said on Monday.

Two foreign nationals have been arrested at the Delhi airport and drugs worth million seized from them, officials said on Monday.

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In first incident, Marc Doro, a French national, was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday and 1.2 kg of hashish was recovered from him.

"Doro was detained after found moving suspiciously inside the terminal area. During his frisking narcotics was recovered from him," said a security official.

Doro had come to the airport to catch a Fin Air flight to Helsinki.

In a separate incident, an Indonesians woman was arrested Sunday at the domestic airport while trying to smuggle 705 grams of heroin to Mumbai.

The accused was identified as Irma Handyani and had an Indonesian passport.