Man Arrested Over Seizure Of Rs 4-Crore Heroin At Mumbai Cargo Complex
NDTV
The consignee of the parcel, Krishna Murari Prasad, was arrested after initial interrogation.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday arrested a man from Gujarat in connection with the seizure of 700 grams of heroin valued at Rs 4 crore from the cargo complex near the Mumbai airport, an official said.
The Narcotics Control Bureau zonal unit had received a specific information about smuggling of drugs in a parcel at the International Courier Terminal in suburban Mumbai, he said.
Accordingly, a search was conducted at a conference hall in the complex on Monday, where Narcotics Control Bureau officials found 700 grams of white powder in a packet, purported to be heroin whose value is estimated at around Rs 4 crore in the illicit market, the official said.
A case under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered and the consignee of the parcel, Krishna Murari Prasad, a resident of Vadodara, was summoned to record his statement at the Narcotics Control Bureau office in Mumbai on Thursday, he said.
