Mumbai, August 26: Customs authorities today arrested a Zambian national, Gidbon Mwale, from city’s international airport for the alleged smuggling of heroin worth Rs 40 lakh in international market.
Mwale was arrested when he was proceeding to board a Lusaka-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight via Adis Ababa, a Mumbai Customs press release said.
The heroin, weighing around 400 gms, was concealed under the hard plastic covering of the puller handle of a black-coloured suitcase, the release said.
The passenger has been arrested and further investigations are going on, the release said.
—Agencies