{"id":26690,"date":"2022-08-26T22:42:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T17:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=26690"},"modified":"2023-04-25T01:09:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:39:57","slug":"heroin-worth-100-crores-seized-at-bengaluru-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/26\/heroin-worth-100-crores-seized-at-bengaluru-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroin worth 100 crores seized at Bengaluru Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have seized 14 kg of heroin at <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?s=Bengaluru+Airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bengaluru Airport<\/a>. The value of the seized drugs is close to \u20b9100 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 45-year-old man, reportedly from Telangana was caught while he was supposed to fly to New Delhi. He arrived in Bengaluru from Addis Ababa and was caught during transit in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused had gone to Addis Ababa in order to find a job. It seems like he has been offered the job to smuggle drugs by international drug dealers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> <br>14 kg <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/heroin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#heroin<\/a> worth approximately Rs 100 crore was seized by sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengaluru?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengaluru<\/a> airport. The 45-yr-old accused from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Telangana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Telangana<\/a> was caught while trying to smuggle drugs to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewDelhi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewDelhi<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FFu5BOqHkl\">pic.twitter.com\/FFu5BOqHkl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Prajwal D&#39;Souza (@prajwaldza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prajwaldza\/status\/1563190842286034945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was found that the Telangana-based man was offered money alongside the flight tickets and accommodation in a star hotel.  Moreover, he was assigned to hand over the drugs to a client in Delhi. Soon after arriving in Bengaluru, he was supposed to take a flight to the capital and hand it over to the client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-multiple-similar-cases\"><strong>Multiple Similar Cases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though this is one of the largest smugglings in recent months, multiple other cases were also reported. This is the eighth case cracked by the DRI since the 15th of July this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the DRI officials, they have seized drugs worth \u20b9250 crores approximately in these eight cases. 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The value of the seized drugs is close to \u20b9100 crore. The 45-year-old man, reportedly from Telangana was caught while he was supposed to fly to New Delhi. 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