Three Afghan siblings arrested with high-quality heroin

New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) Three Afghan siblings, including two women, were arrested from the airport for allegedly smuggling high-quality heroin, valued at about Rs ten crore in the international market.

The women had concealed five kg each of the contraband in their waist belt and this was detected during a search when they arrived in the national capital on Wednesday night in a flight from Kabul, Customs sources said today.

The Customs Department personnel zeroed in on the trio as their movement aroused suspicion and during subsequent checking, the contraband was seized and the three arrested, they said.

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