Heroin worth 40 lakh seized in city

Chennai: Heroin, weighing 400 grams and valued around Rs 40 lakh in the international market, was seized from an air passenger bound for Colombo at the airport here late last night, a senior customs officer said today.
The passenger had been detained.
Customs Commissioner, Airport, C Rajan, said here in a release that Jalil Bazirali, hailing from Puducherry, was intercepted at the security lounge of the Anna International terminal. He was to board an Air Lanka flight.
On being questioned intensively, he admitted to carrying the narcotic, which he had swallowed in the form of 101 capsules that were later ejected by him. Each capsule weighed four grams, he said.
03/11/06 Chennai Online

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