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700 gm of heroin seized at Mumbai air cargo complex, smuggler arrested

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Officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday arrested a man from Gujarat in a drug smuggling case in which 700 grams of heroin valued at Rs 4 crore was seized at the cargo complex near the Mumbai airport, a senior official confirmed.</p>
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The Narcotics Control Bureau zonal unit had received specific information about drugs being smuggled in a parcel at the International Courier Terminal in Mumbai, he said. A search was then carried out at a conference hall in the complex on Monday.</p>
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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.</p>
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After interrogation, Prasad was placed under arrest, the official said, adding further investigation was in progress.</p>

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