9.78 crore heroin recovered from seven Afghan tourists

(PTI) New Delhi, Ta. November 26, 2019, Tuesday

Customs authorities seized seven Afghan nationals with heroin worth Rs 9.78 crore from Delhi International Airport on November 16.

Afghan nationals trying to smuggle heroin into the country were smuggled when they landed at Delhi airport on November 16 from Kandahar, Afghanistan. A medical examination of the tourists found 214 capsules of 1.95 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 9.78 crore, which they had swallowed.

Afghan tourists were seized after heroin was confiscated. In September, five Afghans were charged with smuggling $ 15 million worth of heroin into the country by this method, customs officials said.