NEW DELHI: An Afghan national was arrested in the early hours of Saturday at Indira Gandhi International Airport with 89 plastic pellets in his lower abdomen, each containing heroin. A total of 635g of the narcotic have been recovered, an official said.
Customs said the man arrived from Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan on Friday and was intercepted based on inputs. A physical and medical inspection revealed a strange substance, which was being secreted from the lower abdomen.
"A medical procedure resulted in the recovery of 89 plastic pellets, each containing white substance. When the material was tested, it appeared to contain commercial quantities of heroin," said the official.