Mumbai : A man from Gujrat was arrested by NCB on Thursday, in connection with 700 grams of heroin worth Rs. 4 Crores from the cargo complex near the Mumbai airport, an official said.
NCB’s zonal unit had received specific information about the smuggling of drugs. As per the information the drugs were being smuggled in a parcel at International Courier Terminal in suburban Mumbai, an official 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 ₹ 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.
After interrogation Prasad was placed under arrest, the official said, adding further probe was on.
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