Morphine found in food trolley of Air India flight from Chennai to Delhi

Chennai | Friday | 21st July, 2017

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CHENNAI: Around 1kg of morphine was found in a packet at the bottom of a food trolley of an Air India aircraft soon after it landed at Delhi airport from Chennai on Wednesday. A case is yet to be filed.Officials suspect it could have been loaded in Delhi for smuggling to Chennai. Investigation is on to check if it was loaded in Chennai, said an official of a narcotic investigation agency here. On several occasions, gold meant to be retrieved and transported out of the airport by ground staff has been found in toilets of aircraft. The same aircraft flies back as AI 429 to Chennai..