Cocaine worth £ 2 was seized at Chennai Airport
Chennai: The Customs Division’s air intelligence unit seized cocaine weighing 2 kg of a passenger arriving here from Singapore, official sources said Tuesday. The department performed on a tip-off on September 28 on September 28 and intercepted the passenger, the authorities said. Initial investigations have led to the seizure of £ 2 medicine in the international market, they said. “He hid the drug as a food item worn in one of his pocket gages,” they said. The passenger was detained and further investigation is on. The identity of the passenger was not disclosed by the authorities. Delhi police destroyed 1,847 kg seized drugs worth £ 35 Crore New Delhi: Delhi police seized 1.847 kg on drugs worth about £ 35 in the international market at an anti-Artotics event in the national capital, officials said. More than 2,100 drug dealers were arrested in Delhi and smuggling worth more than £ 26.6 was seized under the NDPS Act on the NDPS Act, they said. According to police, 1,674 cases were registered until September 15, which led to the arrest of 2.163 drug dealers, an official statement said. Drugs destroyed on Monday added 1.729 kg of cannabis, 92.7 kg of Charas, 3.7 kg of heroin, 189 g of cocaine, 215 g amphetamine and 20.5 kg of psychotropic tablets. The event was attended by the Lieutenant -Governor of Delhi, Vinai Kumar Saxena and Police Commissioner Satish Golchha. Saxena praised power for its ‘relentless campaign’ against narcotic drugs in the capital, the official note says. “Let there be the burning of the destruction of anesthetics before the burning of Ravan,” he said, adding that strong actions under the Pitndps Act and seizure on human trafficking property strengthened the driving force. Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Devesh Chandra Srivastva said the program is being held as part of the campaign of the Narcotics Control Bureau’s “Drug Vinishtikaran Pakhwada” campaign running from September 15 to 30. “By sending a clear message from narcotics, he said. Police, in its statement, said that in the last three years, nearly 43,000 kg of narcotics worth around ₹ 13.796 crore have been destroyed in Seven Earlier Rounds – on December 21, 2022 (2.888 kg), 2023 (15,700 kg), February 20, 2024 (10,631 kg), December 17, 2024 (10,601 kg), January 24, 2025 (1.575 kg), April 3, 2025 (1.624 kg) and June 26, 2025 (1.629 kg). 2027 to effect a ‘drug-free Delhi’.