Two Zimbabweans were arrested in Indi’s Mumbai Airport with 35 kilogrammes of heroin on Thursday.
India’s Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the customs department said it was its largest ever seizure of drugs.
Two foreign nationals who came from Zimbabwe and landed at Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) were arrested and 35 kg of heroin was recovered from them, sources said.
According to AIU sources, the drugs were found hidden in their luggage.
An AIU official said the attempt at smuggling drugs by the accused has puzzled them as such a large quantity of drugs can be easily detected at the airport by Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) personnel.
The customs department official said the accused have not been produced before a court.
It is not clear if AIU officials have already got the consignment tested to ascertain that it is heroin.
In September, the department arrested a mother-daughter duo who travelled from Johannesburg to Mumbai on a medical visa.
During a check at the airport, 4.95 kg of heroin was recovered on them.
The duo had been promised a hefty commission for smuggling the drugs, officials had said. – India Express