1 kg heroin recovered from goods train

Amritsar, January 18

The Customs authorities confiscated 1kg of heroin from a goods train that arrived from Pakistan at the Attari railway station today.

In a statement today, Commissioner (Customs), Capt Sanjay Gahlot, stated that the contraband was concealed inside a pressure-cylinder of railway wagon. He said a long cylindrical packet of herion was inserted through a narrow opening into the cylinder of the carriage.

He said the seizure was made during rummaging of the goods train. Alert Customs officials thwarted the attempt of Pakistan-based smugglers to sneak in the contraband, he added. “The heroin is valued at Rs 5 crore in the international market,” he said. — TNS