In Bengaluru, customs officers arrested a passenger at Kempegowda Worldwide Airport for allegedly carrying Cocaine by concealing it within the type of capsules. A complete of 686 grams of Cocaine was seized from the accused who travelled to Bengaluru from Guinea via Dubai, mentioned the customs division on Saturday.
A tweet from the deal with of Bengaluru customs learn, “Based mostly on credible info obtained, customs officers intercepted a pax flying from Guinea to Bengaluru by way of Dubai from EK 566 on 14.01.2023 and recovered 686 gms of ‘Cocaine’ hid inside physique within the type of capsules. Hid Cocaine was seized underneath the NDPS Act, 1985.” The division is investigating the accused. “The pax was arrested and produced earlier than the Hon’ble NDPS Justice of the Peace who remanded the pax to Judicial Custody. Additional investigation is in progress,” additional learn the publish.
On Sunday, Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) officers recovered 18 non-indigenous animals, together with snakes, after intercepting three passengers arriving from Bangkok to Bengaluru airport. This additionally led to the busting of a racket at a farmhouse the place 139 animals of 48 extraordinarily uncommon and threatened species had been discovered. 4 folks have been held within the case to date.
The uncommon and threatened species like Yellow and Inexperienced Anaconda, Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot, Nile Monitor, Crimson Foot Tortoise, Iguanas, Ball Pythons, Alligator Gar, Yaki Monkey, Veiled Chameleon, Racoon Canine, White Headed Piones and others. These animals had been later handed over to the Bannerghatta Organic Park