The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 16.15 kg of heroin worth around Rs 113 crore from three African passengers, including two women, at the Kolkata airport. This information was given by a senior official on Saturday. Acting on a specific intelligence input, the DRI intercepted three persons – a male and a female from Kenya and a female passenger from Malawi, the official said.
During checking of four trolley bags of these three, 14 packets filled with brown powdery substance were found which were kept hidden, the official said. He said that the said substance turned out to be heroin. He said that two of these passengers had come on medical visa while one had come to India on a business visa.
After being arrested on March 30, the accused were produced before the Barasat court, from where they were sent to judicial custody, the official said. The official said that further investigation is on.