Delhi: 1 held with drugs stuffed in cricket pads

Delhi | Sunday | 12th August, 2018

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“He has been handed over to the Narcotics Control Bureau who will take further legal action.” the official added. After passing his bags through the X-BIS machine, officials said something suspicious was detected inside.“On physical checking of the bags, 46 cricket thigh pads, which appeared to be unusually heavy, were found in the bags. “Each packet had 500 grams of the substance, which when checked by the drug detection kit, tested positive for pseudoephedrine,” the CISF official added.The passenger was identified as Rodgers Silavwe, a 39-year old Zambian national. On doubt, one of the pads was torn open and it was noticed that a polyethene pouch was sandwiched between the pad and its cushion,” said a senior CISF official According to the team, similar concealments were discovered from other pads with 24 kgs of powdery substance recovered. NEW DELHI: A passenger was arrested at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport after narcotics weighing nearly 24 kgs was discovered in his baggage by CISF personnel during checking.According to officials, the incident took place on Saturday night when CISF surveillance and intelligence team selected a foreign passenger for random checking of his luggage..