In a major drug haul at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport here, the Air Intelligence Unit officials of the Customs department on Wednesday seized 74 kilograms of contraband, suspected to be Methaqualone, worth `7.4 crore, from a Tanzanian national.
Identifying the apprehended Tanzanian national as one Chambo Fatma Basil, Additional Commissioner of Customs Milind lanjewar said: “We have taken into custody Chambo Fatma Basil under NDPS Act. Acting on a specific intelligence input, we intercepted her on suspicion. We found that she was carrying 74 kgs of the contraband worth about `7.4 crores”. Basil was intercepted and apprehended while she departing to Dar es Salaam via Qatar Airways. The Customs officials found the contraband, while checking her bags. “The white crystalline powder recovered from Basil is suspected to be Methaqualone,” lanjewar said.