Chennai: Air Customs (AIU) in Chennai seized 1,201 grams of Cocaine worth Rs 12 crore. The drug was seized from foreign national at Chennai International airport.
‘Chennai Air Customs (AIU) intercepted a male passenger holding a Nigerian Passport who arrived from Addis Ababa on December 12, 2023. During the examination of the person, contraband in the form of hyperdense cylindrical bundles numbering 71 was found to be secreted in his body. Cocaine weighing 1,201 grams worth ? 12 crore was seized under the Customs Act, 1962 and the passenger has been arrested,’ the Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs said in a letter dated December 15.
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The Air customs officials are conducting further investigation.
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