7 kg ketamine seized from flier at airport

Kolkata: Customs officers seized 7 kg ketamine hydrochloride, worth Rs 70 lakh in the international market, from a Bangkok-bound Air India Express passenger at Kolkata airport on Sunday .
The carrier, in his 20s, posed as a jewellery supplier going to Bangkok on business. "We found ketamine powder concealed in the jewellery boxes. The youth hails from Orissa and the consignment was going to Kuala Lumpur via Bangkok. We suspect the kingpins are from Chennai," said a Customs officer.
In the past two years, several passengers have been arrested at Kolkata airport for smuggling ketamine to Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
14/09/09 Times of India

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