Delhi: Seven Afghans arrested at IGI Airport, forced to excrete Rs 10 crore heroin
NEW DELHI: Over the past few days, seven Afghan nationals who were detained upon landing at the IGI Airport here have been made to excrete a fortune worth more than Rs 10 crore.
As many as 177 capsules of heroin, which the seven “couriers” had ingested for smuggling into the country, have been recovered by the Narcotics Control Bureau in a major haul of contraband linked to an international cartel possibly led by a Taliban leader in Kandahar.
Officials said 10 dozen bananas, fed to the detained men over the past few days, aided the process of recovery after x-ray tests had shown the presence of the drug in their stomachs.
In all, nine Afghan nationals, the seven men along with two receivers based in Delhi, have been arrested so far, narcotics officials said.
The operation started a few days ago when NCB sleuths led by zonal director K P S Malhotra swooped on the suspects who had landed at IGI in an Ariana Afghan Airline flight (FG 313) after receiving a tip-off.
13/01/20 Times of India
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NEW DELHI: Over the past few days, seven Afghan nationals who were detained upon landing at the IGI Airport here have been made to excrete a fortune worth more than Rs 10 crore.
As many as 177 capsules of heroin, which the seven “couriers” had ingested for smuggling into the country, have been recovered by the Narcotics Control Bureau in a major haul of contraband linked to an international cartel possibly led by a Taliban leader in Kandahar.
Officials said 10 dozen bananas, fed to the detained men over the past few days, aided the process of recovery after x-ray tests had shown the presence of the drug in their stomachs.
In all, nine Afghan nationals, the seven men along with two receivers based in Delhi, have been arrested so far, narcotics officials said.
The operation started a few days ago when NCB sleuths led by zonal director K P S Malhotra swooped on the suspects who had landed at IGI in an Ariana Afghan Airline flight (FG 313) after receiving a tip-off.
13/01/20 Times of India
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