New Delhi, Nov 5 (PTI) A Guinean national was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here after customs officials recovered 70 capsules containing suspected narcotic substances, weighing 1,068 grams, from inside his body, officials said on Thursday.
The estimated illicit market value of the drugs is around Rs 5 crore, an official statement said.
Acting on specific information, Customs officers at Terminal 3 of the airport intercepted the passenger, who arrived from Conakry via Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on October 28, the statement said.
The passenger was diverted at the Green Channel for X-ray screening of his baggage. During subsequent verification and inquiry, the passenger disclosed that “he had concealed narcotic substances inside his body”, it said.
“In compliance with court orders”, he was kept under medical supervision at Safdarjung Hospital, where “70 oval-shaped capsules, tightly wrapped in transparent plastic and containing a white powdery substance” were recovered in stages, it added.
“Thirty-six capsules first, followed by 34 more,” the statement said, adding that the total gross weight of the recovered substance was 1.06 kg.
“Preliminary tests indicate the presence of suspected Cocaine/MDMA,” it said, putting the estimated illicit market value of the substance at approximately Rs five crore.
The substance was seized under Section 43(a) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and the passenger was arrested under Section 43(b) of the Act on October 29, 2026.
Following his discharge from the hospital, he will be sent to Tihar Jail, the statement added. PTI MHS NB
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