Kochi: The Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery has become a transit point for the drug mafia smuggling narcotics to foreign countries. The Narcotics Control Bureau here this week seized massive quantities of heroin and ephedrine from passengers at the airport. One of the seizures helped the bureau bust a racket which operated by buying drugs from Delhi and smuggling them to Kuwait or Qatar using carriers.
“These drugs were not meant for consumption in Kochi. But they were bought in Delhi and channelled through Kochi to avoid the attention of law enforcement agencies. These drugs are also available cheap in Delhi,” said an official of the NCB. Officials suspect that the racket is operated by a gang based in Kuwait with associates in Kochi and Delhi. They allegedly hire people without criminal backgrounds from Kerala to act as carriers for the drugs.
24/12/14 The Hindu
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“These drugs were not meant for consumption in Kochi. But they were bought in Delhi and channelled through Kochi to avoid the attention of law enforcement agencies. These drugs are also available cheap in Delhi,” said an official of the NCB. Officials suspect that the racket is operated by a gang based in Kuwait with associates in Kochi and Delhi. They allegedly hire people without criminal backgrounds from Kerala to act as carriers for the drugs.
24/12/14 The Hindu
