Heroin worth Rs 35 cr seized
New Delhi, Oct 25: In the largest ever haul of contraband drugs in the country, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized heroin worth Rs 35 crore and arrested three Nigerian nationals in this regard.
While 21 kgs of fine quality heroin worth Rs 21 crore was seized from two Nigerians Frank Kinsley and Samuel at Nizamuddin Railway Station here, about 14 kgs of the drug was seized from one Chidy Anthony at Mumbai Railway Station, DRI sources told PTI here today.
The two held in Delhi were leaving for Mumbai by August Kranti Express when they were held while the three had just arrived from Delhi.
All the three are part of a gang of drug traffickers engaged in acquiring drugs from Afghanistan through Pakistan, they said.
The traffickers had used the novel modus operandi of concealing the drug in automobile shock absorbers in their bid to smuggle it out of the country to Addis Ababa via Mumbai, the sources said.
The DRI sleuths had to cut open these steel frames to recover the drug, they said.
"But for the specific information, the seizure would have been impossible," the sources said.
The shock absorbers containing the contraband were being carried by Kinsley and Samuel in six big canvas bags, the DRI sources said.
Anthony was carrying similar four bags containing the shock absorbers when he was intercepted at Mumbai Railway station after his arrival from Delhi, they said.
The four were intending to carry these bags one by one out of the country, the sources said.
"The recent arrest of a number of women at Delhi's domestic airport has forced the traffickers to use the train as a mode of ferrying the consignment to Mumbai from where they can transport it out of the country," they said.
The arrested persons were operating under the garb of motor parts businessmen, the sources said. PTI
New Delhi, Oct 25: In the largest ever haul of contraband drugs in the country, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized heroin worth Rs 35 crore and arrested three Nigerian nationals in this regard.
While 21 kgs of fine quality heroin worth Rs 21 crore was seized from two Nigerians Frank Kinsley and Samuel at Nizamuddin Railway Station here, about 14 kgs of the drug was seized from one Chidy Anthony at Mumbai Railway Station, DRI sources told PTI here today.
The two held in Delhi were leaving for Mumbai by August Kranti Express when they were held while the three had just arrived from Delhi.
All the three are part of a gang of drug traffickers engaged in acquiring drugs from Afghanistan through Pakistan, they said.
The traffickers had used the novel modus operandi of concealing the drug in automobile shock absorbers in their bid to smuggle it out of the country to Addis Ababa via Mumbai, the sources said.
The DRI sleuths had to cut open these steel frames to recover the drug, they said.
"But for the specific information, the seizure would have been impossible," the sources said.
The shock absorbers containing the contraband were being carried by Kinsley and Samuel in six big canvas bags, the DRI sources said.
Anthony was carrying similar four bags containing the shock absorbers when he was intercepted at Mumbai Railway station after his arrival from Delhi, they said.
The four were intending to carry these bags one by one out of the country, the sources said.
"The recent arrest of a number of women at Delhi's domestic airport has forced the traffickers to use the train as a mode of ferrying the consignment to Mumbai from where they can transport it out of the country," they said.
The arrested persons were operating under the garb of motor parts businessmen, the sources said. PTI
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