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Cocaine Worth Rs. 24.5 Crore Seized at Hyderabad Airport
Officials received information that a passenger arriving from Doha might be carrying cocaine.
They stopped him at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
His chocolate tubes weighed more than the labels said they should.
Officers opened the tubes and found 207 hidden capsules.
The capsules contained a white powder.
A drug test indicated that the powder was cocaine.
The total amount weighed 4.9 kilograms and was valued at about Rs.
24.5 crore.
The passenger was arrested under India’s drug law.
DRI Hyderabad officers intercepted an Indian passenger arriving from Doha at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Officials found seven unusually heavy Lindt Lindor dark chocolate tubes in his cabin baggage.
The tubes contained 207 capsules filled with a white powder that tested positive for cocaine.
A total of 4.9 kilograms of cocaine was seized, valued at about Rs. 24.5 crore.
The passenger was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
- Who
- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Hyderabad Zonal Unit and an Indian passenger arriving from Doha.
- What
- Officials seized 4.9 kilograms of cocaine concealed in chocolate tubes and arrested the passenger.
- Where
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad, Hyderabad.
- When
- Tuesday; the article does not specify the date.
- Why
- The passenger was intercepted based on specific intelligence that he might be carrying cocaine.
Key facts
- Drug seized
- Cocaine
- Quantity
- 4.9 kilograms gross weight
- Estimated illicit-market value
- Rs. 24.5 crore
- Concealment method
- 207 capsules hidden inside seven chocolate selection tubes
- Chocolate brand
- Lindt Lindor Assorted Filled Dark chocolate
- Origin of passenger
- Doha, Qatar
- Legal action
- Passenger arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
Sources
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