HEROIN WORTH 2 CRORES SEIZED
On 03/11/16 two Afghan nationals were going to Afghanistan by Kam Air. One of them namely Ghulam Rabani 43 years of age became unwell at the airport. He was offloaded by the airlines and this came to the notice of local police. Accordingly SHO/IGIA and ACP/IGIA assessed the situation and circumstances. The condition of the passenger was such that it arose suspicion regarding reasons for his state of health. He had arrived in India on medical VISA in the month of October, 2016 but had not visited any hospital for treatment. He was sent to AIIMS Hospital through CATs ambulance. The doctors were consulted and they were advised to examine and assess whether the passenger had swallowed some contraband to escape the eyes of law. The patient was admitted in the hospital. Police watch was constantly maintained upon him and the suspicion turned into reality when during treatment it was established that the passenger had swallowed a large number of capsules. He was operated upon by the doctors and during surgery the doctors took out from his stomach 57 capsules of very big size. These capsules were made of polythene. The weight of contraband was 525 Grams. The capsules were opened and it was found containing Heroin. In this regard a case FIR no. 423/2016 dated 05/11/2016 U/s 21/61/85 NDPS Act was registered in PS IGI Airport and investigation was taken up. The total value of the Heroin recovered is estimated to be about 2 crores in the international market. Efforts are being made to unearth the whole syndicate and track the other co-passenger of the accused.
(SANJAY BHATIA)
DCP, IGI AIRPORT, ND
Source: Dehi Police (PR Cell)
