New Delhi India January 24 ANI Customs officials recovered 91 capsules containing approximately 998 grams of suspected heroin worth about 6.986 crore from a Ugandan national who has been arrested and released from the Indian government's Indira Gandhi International IGI Airport.
53 capsules of the drugs were recovered from the passenger's bag and 38 capsules recovered from his abdomen after hospitalisation at the RML hospital, Delhi, according to an official statement from the Office of the Commissioner of Customs.
The passenger arrived in Delhi on January 16 from Uganda via Ethiopia.
On arrival at the IGI airport, Delhi Customs intercepted the passenger. On thorough checking of his baggage, 53 capsules of off-white coloured substances were recovered in his black coloured handbag, the passenger admitted that he had also swallowed some capsules of narcotic substance. Since it was an impending emergency, the passenger was admitted to the RML hospital. During the X-ray of his abdomen at RML Hospital, a capsule-like substance was detected in his abdomen. 38 capsules of off-white containing substance were discovered ingeniously concealed inside his abdomen, suspected to be narcotics. When this material was subject to field drug test kit, prima facie it appears to contain heroin, it added.
The customs said that the passenger had violated provisions of section 8 of the NDPS Act, 1985, and had committed an offence punishable under section 21, section 23 and section 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985.