Mumbai: Drug worth Rs 2 cr seized from Malaysia-bound man

The Air Intelligence Unit of Customs today arrested a man at the Mumbai airport for allegedly trying to smuggle a narcotic drug worth Rs 2 crore to Malaysia.

Customs officials said that Suresh Kumar Nagarajan, a Chennai resident, was about to fly to Kuala Lumpur when he was intercepted.

Screening of his check-in baggage showed some suspicious substance inside, while a sniffer dog too indicated that something was wrong.

On opening his suitcase, officials found that he had hidden 2,002 grams of Methaquolone (also called Mandrax), a banned recreational drug worth Rs 2 crore in illicit international markets, in a specially-made cavity.
 

He was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. A court remanded him in judicial custody.