Heroin Weighing 4.5 kg Seized From Kochi Airport

  • | Monday | 12th July, 2021

Heroin was seized from Cochin International Airport today. 

Kochi Airport gets to seize 4.5kg of heroin today. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 4.5 kg of heroin from the Cochin International Airport on Monday. The drugs were seized from Ashraf Mtoro, a Tanzanian native.

Mtoro arrived at Kochi from Zanzibar, Tanzania, via Dubai by an international flight. The narcotics substance was found concealed inside his check-in trolley bag.

The accused, according to the DRI officials, was planning to leave for New Delhi from Kochi. He would be produced before a court after the initial medical examination, said, officials.


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