New Delhi, May 12: The Direc torate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday said it has seized 5.480 kgs of heroin valued at Rs 38.36 crore from the Integrated Check Point of Attari, Amritsar.
The DRI has arrested an Afghan national over the consignment of “Afghan Brooms” in which the heroin was concealed.
A DRI official said that in its endeavour to curb drug trafficking, it detected a novel modus operandi of heroin smuggling into India through the land route at the India-Pakistan border. He said that based on specific tips developed and further profiling by DRI officers, a consignment of brooms was intercepted at the Integrated Check Post. (IANS)
