The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a major smuggling racket on Monday with the detection of a huge consignment of heroin smuggled into Mumbai from Iran via the sea route.
The heroin weighing 283 kg and valued at around Rs 2,000 crore in the international market was seized by the DRI Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai. According to the DRI, the heroin was concealed in two containers with talcum stones and was to be transported by road to Punjab.
Prabhjit Singh, a supplier, from a border district in Punjab has been arrested in connection with the case along with two others from Madhya Pradesh, officials said.
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Drug smuggling appears to be on the rise in recent weeks by both sea and air. Customs officials at the Delhi Airport had on June 28 nabbed two South African nationals with heroin worth Rs 126 crore in their ossession. Heroin valued at Rs 600 crore has been seized at the Delhi International Airport in the last six months, officials said.
