Man held for smuggling drug worth Rs 1cr at IGI airport

New Delhi: Customs officials at the IGI Airport seized 4.7 kgs of ketamine an effect anaesthetic and recreational drug worth a crore (in the international market) from one Muthalif Anees Mohammad on Tuesday. The accused has been sent to judicial custody by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Courts, on Saturday.
"Muthalif was arrested when he was about to board a flight to Bangkok. The drug was concealed between the two layers of milk cookers. The drug was brought to Delhi from Tamilnadu,'' said MK Gupta, commissioner of customs (import and general).
This is not the first incident when customs department has arrested people for smuggling ketamine out of the country. "In August, Charles Rosario Jeffry and Joseph Dominic Allan were arrested in Chennai while they were trying to smuggle ketamine 47.3 kgs worth Rs 16.55 lakh (approximate value in the international market is Rs 10 crore),'' said Gupta.
In the last five months, customs officials at IGI Airport have seized 195.48 kg of ketamine worth Rs 40 crore (in the international market) and have arrested nine persons. "In all these cases, the accused procured ketamine from Chennai or nearby areas. The drug was then brought to Delhi via domestic airlines and was then smuggled out of India,'' said Gupta. .
20/09/09 Times of India

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