Customs officials seized 1 kg heroin from a goods train, which arrived from Pakistan at the Attari railway station, on Wednesday. A Tribune photograph
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
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