Thiruvananthapuram: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday seized 1 kg of heroin from a woman passenger at the international airport here.
Investigators said the 50-year-old Thrissur native, who they chose not to identify officially for purposes of investigation, was booked on a Qatar Airways flight to Kuwait.
The drug, valued at nearly Rs.1 crore, was concealed in her check-in baggage.
Investigators said her arrest apparently signalled a resurgence in smuggling of heroin to the Gulf .
Officials suspect that the drug was possibly processed from a crop of opium illegally diverted from licensed farms under government control in Rajasthan or Maharashtra.
07/02/15 G. Anand/The Hindu
Investigators said the 50-year-old Thrissur native, who they chose not to identify officially for purposes of investigation, was booked on a Qatar Airways flight to Kuwait.
The drug, valued at nearly Rs.1 crore, was concealed in her check-in baggage.
Investigators said her arrest apparently signalled a resurgence in smuggling of heroin to the Gulf .
Officials suspect that the drug was possibly processed from a crop of opium illegally diverted from licensed farms under government control in Rajasthan or Maharashtra.
07/02/15 G. Anand/The Hindu
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