Customs officials seize narcotic substance worth Rs 9 cr, arrest 3 people

The Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU) and Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch (SIIB) at Bengaluru Airport and Air Cargo Commissionerate, have seized narcotic substances worth about Rs 9 crore and arrested two persons.
The teams intercepted two shipments in the international courier terminal that had arrived from Zambia and Belgium, last week.

The shipments contained 1.002 kg of heroin, worth about Rs 7 crore, and 4.581 kg of ecstasy pills, worth about Rs 2.82 crore.


Two persons who came to claim the shipments were arrested. The court has remanded them to judicial custody.