India: Drugs worth Rs600 million seized at Kochi airport, one held
Accused, a native of Palakkad, arrived in Kochi from Zimbabwe
Kochi, Kerala: Security personnel at Cochin International Airport have seized 30kg of narcotic drugs worth Rs60 crore (Rs600 million) from a passenger.
The preliminary assessment of the Customs Narcotics Department concluded that it is metha quinol worth around Rs60 crore in the international market.
The seized contraband has been sent to the government laboratory for further testing.
According to the official information from CIAL, the accused was identified as Muraleedharan Nair, who had arrived in Kochi via Doha from Zimbabwe.
He was being checked for baggage as he boarded the Air Asia flight from Kochi to Delhi. The substance hidden in the bag was found by the security department of CIAL using the state-of-the-art ‘3D MRI’ scanning machine.
He is a native of Palakkad and has been turned over to the narcotics department.