Woman Smuggling Ketamine As Baby Food Held In Chennai

Chennai: A woman bound for Kuala Lumpur, who tried to hoodwink Chennai Airport Customs by concealing three kilogrammes of ketamine in children's food tins was detained yesterday.
Chennai Commissioner of Customs (Airport) Parminder Singh said officials questioned the suspect out of suspicion when they saw her lugging a heavy hand luggage filled with foodstuff at the airport checkpoint.
"When we questioned her, she said someone outside the airport gave the foodstuff to her. We suspected and immediately unpacked her hand luggage and found four tins of children's food.
All the foodstuff had been removed and the tines were filled with ketamine and nicely sealed again," Parminder told Bernama.
The seized contraband, nicknamed party drug, was estimated to be worth about RM230,000 in the international market.
The 38-year-old suspect, who hails from Trichy, admitted that she was hired to carry the consignment to Kuala Lumpur and was assured some money for the service. He said that this was the first time that a woman passenger attempting to smuggle ketamine had been apprehended by the department. The suspect was booked on Air India flight IC955 bound for Kuala Lumpur.
17/07/08 P.Vijian/Bernama

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