24 kg of heroin concealed in oil cans imported from Afghanistan found in Mumbai, three held

A consignment of 25.45 kg heroin was recovered from a container at Nhava Sheva Port in Navi Mumbai by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). 

Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 25.45 kg of heroin from a container at Nhava Sheva Port in Navi Mumbai and arrested three persons, the agency informed on Saturday. As in the case of nearly 3,000 kg of heroin seized at Mundra Port in Gujarat last month, this consignment too had originated in Afghanistan, the DRI statement said in a statement.

The DRI Mumbai Zonal Unit had received a specific intelligence that contraband had been smuggled in cans of sesame seed oil and mustard oil. Probably the first time heroin was found concealed in oil cans as it makes nearly impossible to detect the drug during usual examination, the statement read.

The DRI officials examined the container at Nhava Sheva Port and found off-white material concealed at the bottom of five cans of mustard oil. Upon further examination, 25.45 kg of heroin was recovered, the statement said.