Medicines worth over Rs 26 lakh seized at IGI airport, 1 held
New Delhi: A Congolese national was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport on Wednesday with medicines valued at Rs 26.28 lakh kept in his travel bags, a senior officer said.
The medicines were seized and the passenger, identified as Kundina N Makengo, was handed over to the customs authorities for further investigation.
The foreigner was intercepted at around 12.20 am at terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, when he was going through security checks by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel.
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He was bound for Kinshasa via Addis Ababa onboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight, the officer said.
As the passenger did not furnish a valid document for carrying the assortment of medicines worth Rs 26.28 lakh, he was detained and offloaded from the aircraft, the officer added.
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