Image Representing The Customs Department at Nagpur Airport has seized 2 kg of Drugs

The Customs Department at Nagpur Airport has seized 2 kg of Drugs

At Nagpur airport, customs officers find drugs valued at Rs 8 crore 81 lakh, one person is detained.

by Nagpur Trends Team | Published on 2024-04-05 11:13:50

At Nagpur International Airport, the Customs Department has confiscated 2 kg 937 grams of narcotics, or narcotic compounds, valued around Rs 8 crore 81 lakh. In the ongoing war on drug trafficking, this is the largest operation. In this case, there has been one arrest.

Chennai is home to the drug smuggler who was apprehended. A 45-year-old guy traveled from Uganda via Doha on Qatar Airways Flight No. QR-590 and arrived at Nagpur airport early in the morning. A trap had previously been set by the Customs officers using intelligence data. When Pax was stopped while traveling across the Green Channel, he was searched under suspicion.

Officers on the lookout had spotted the alleged passenger's peculiar behavior. Thus, the authorities gave him a close examination. whereby two plate-shaped discs and a dummy propeller were discovered in his luggage, among other dubious objects.

Upon opening the dummy propeller and disc for examination, it was discovered that they were loaded with a mixture of yellow and white powder. Using a drug testing kit, methaqualone was found in a white and yellow powder. In accordance with the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act of 1985, Pax has been placed under arrest.