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5 Afghan passengers held at IGI Airport; 370 ingested capsules of heroin of high purity worth 15 crores recovered

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..... 5 Afghan passengers held at IGI Airport; 370 ingested capsules of heroin of high purity worth 15 crores recovered
News and Press Release
Dated:- 20-9-2019

Five male Afghan passengers , a .....

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..... ged 18, 19, 20, 20 and 29 years respectively, arrived at T3, IGI Airport, New Delhi, by flight No. FG 311 (Kandahar-Kabul-Delhi) at 18:00 hrs on 14th September 2019. On the basis of specific intellige .....

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..... nce indicating that these five passengers had ingested capsules containing a narcotic substance, they were intercepted in a joint operation by officers of the Air Intelligence Unit & Preventive Branch .....

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..... , IGIA Customs and Special Cell, Delhi Police. Thereafter, all five were taken into custody by IGIA Customs, produced before the duty magistrate and admitted to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Betwee .....

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..... n 14th to 18th September, a total of 370 capsules were ejected by the five passengers and were found to contain a white powdery substance. Preliminary testing of narcotics substances has indicated tha .....

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..... t the white powder is heroin of high purity. The estimated international market value of the same is ₹ 15 crores. The said capsules have been seized and all five passengers have been placed und .....

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..... er arrest in accordance with the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985. Further investigations are under progress.
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