DRI Seizes Heroin Worth Rs 38.36 Cr Disguised in Brooms at Attari Check Point

Attari: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 5.480 kg of heroin worth Rs 38.36 crore in Amritsar. The heroin was found in 442 hollow short pieces of river cane bamboo concealed in a consignment of brooms.

The DRI officers intercepted the consignment of brooms based on specific intelligence. Upon examination, they found the heroin valued at Rs 38.36 crore in the international market.

The heroin was concealed inside “Afghan Brooms” tied up with iron wire. The cargo consignment was imported by an Afghan National with fake Indian IDs in connivance with his Indian wife.

The Afghan national and his wife were arrested under NDPS Act, 1985. The Afghan national was out on bail granted in an earlier NDPS case booked by Delhi Police in 2018.

Further investigations are ongoing.