Heroin worth Rs. 14 cr. seized; Vietnamese national arrested

Bangalore: Officials of the Preventive Unit of the Department of Customs (Central) arrested a Vietnamese national at the Bengaluru International Airport in the early hours of Thursday and seized heroin worth Rs. 14.28 crore from her.
Nguyen Thi Trang (24) claimed to be a student. She was arrested while boarding a Hanoi-bound flight around 12.30 a.m. “The accused had concealed 4.28 kg of heroin in specially made cavities in her sandals and the false bottom of a suitcase”, A.K. Koushal, Commissioner of Customs, told The Hindu.
“The accused flew from New Delhi to Bangalore by a Jetlite flight on Wednesday night. We had information on her. She was taken into custody as she was getting ready to take the connecting flight to Hanoi,” said Bijoy Kumar Khar, Additional Commissioner of Customs.
The Customs officials said that the examination of her baggage and two pairs of sandals had led to the seizure of a huge quantity of heroin.
26/09/08 The Hindu

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