Drugs seized at Agartala Airport

Agartala: Bottles of Phensydril are being smuggled from Delhi to Agartala Airport. The smuggling, which has been taking place over the years, came to light Thursday after recovery of 4,000 bottles of the banned cough syrup at the Airport.
Following a tip-off, the OC of Airport police station Siddhartha Sankar Kar along with staff on Tuesday rushed to the Airport around 2 pm. As the Agartala-bound Indigo flight touched down around 2.15 pm, the police intensified vigil at the Cargo Base. Around 2.30 pm, they found eight trunks were lying at the Cargo Base.
On suspicion, the police wanted to know what were inside the eight trunks but did not get any satisfactory answer from the authority concerned. Later, the trunks were opened and eighty cartons of Phensydril were found inside. However, no arrest was made because there was no claimant of the cartons.
The big question now is how the consignment of the banned cough syrup, treated as narcotics got the security clearance from the Delhi Airport where passengers as well as cargo have to go through a series of security checks.
26/02/10 Assam Tribune

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Categories: Airports Feb 2010, IndiGo Airlines Feb 2010