Chennai airport customs department seized narcotics
Chennai: Chennai Airport Customs has seized 1201 grams of narcotic drug (cocaine) worth Rs 10 crore and arrested one person. 12 crore, the office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs said on Friday.
“Chennai Air Customs (AIU) intercepted a male passenger with Nigerian passport arriving from Addis Ababa on December 12, 2023. During examination of the person, contraband in the form of hyperdense cylindrical bundles numbered 71 was found hidden with him. body,” the office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs said in a letter dated December 15.
The office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs further said that the weight of cocaine was 1201 grams which was worth Rs. 12 cores were seized under the Customs Act, 1962.
The Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs further said, “Cocaine weighing 1201 grams, worth Rs 12 crore, was seized under the Customs Act, 1962 and the passenger has been arrested.”
Air Customs officials are investigating further.
