Amritsar: In a huge win for Customs Department, officials seized 532 kg of suspected heroin smuggled in a truck through the trade route at the Attari border. It is estimated to be worth Rs 2,700 crore.
The consignment of heroin and another 52 kg of suspected mixed narcotics were concealed under hundreds of bags of rock salt in the truck. The truck arrived at Attari from Pakistan through Integrated Check Post (ICP) on Saturday, Customs (Preventive) Commissioner Deepak Kumar Gupta said.
He touted this as the biggest-ever achievement in annals of the Indian Customs history.
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At about 1.30 pm on Saturday, during a regular examination of the consignment of rock salt, one sack was found to have a white coloured powder substance.
On further examination of 600 bags, 15 were suspected to contain narcotic material. On further examination of the 15 bags, they were found to contain heroin of a net weight of 532 kg and mixed narcotics of 52 kg, he said.
“The value of heroin in the international market is approximately ₹ 2,700 crore,” he confirmed.
Kalinga AI