Three more persons linked to 3,000 kg heroin seizure held
The Hindu
The agency developed the input and intercepted two containers purportedly carrying the contraband.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested three more persons, two of them Afghan nationals, in connection with the seizure of about 3,000 kg of heroin at Mundra port in Gujarat.
The agency has so far arrested five persons, including a couple from Chennai who held the import-expert licence on the basis of which the consignment was imported from Afghanistan in the garb of Talc stones, as alleged.
“Some more arrests in the case are likely. Searches have also been carried out at a warehouse and about 25 kg of heroin has been seized. Based on the evidence collected so far, it has been established that the contraband was sent from Afghanistan via the Bandar Abbas port in Iran,” said an official.