Narcotics worth Rs 111.41 crore seized at Chennai airport, 2 held

India

pti-PTI

Chennai,
Aug
13:
Over
10
kg
of
narcotics
worth
Rs
111.41
crore
concealed
in
the
cabin
baggage
were
seized
at
the
airport
in
two
different
incidents
and
two
passengers,
including
a
woman
from
Angola,
were
arrested
in
connection
with
the
case,
the
Customs
Department
said
on
Saturday.

In
the
first
incident
on
August
11,
the
authorities,
on
specific
inputs,
confiscated
cocaine
and
heroin
concealed
in
the
cabin
baggage,
shoes
and
slippers
of
a
passenger
on
his
arrival
from
Addis
Ababa.

The
narcotics
weighed
9.59
kg
worth
Rs
100
crore,
a
press
release
from
Principal
Commissioner
of
Customs
said.
In
the
second
incident
on
August
9,
cocaine
weighing
1.18
kg,
valued
at
Rs
11.41
crore,
was
found
in
the
bag
of
the
Angola
national.

Both
the
passengers
were
arrested
in
this
connection
and
an
investigation
was
on,
the
release
said.
The
seizure
of
cocaine
and
heroin
worth
over
Rs
100
crore
was
made
for
the
first
time
at
the
city
airport.
The
earlier
highest
seizure
of
the
drugs
was
valued
at
Rs
11
crore
and
that
made
last
month.