Brazen attempt to smuggle heroin foiled at the airport

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsFor Customs officials at the city airport, it was the one that almost got away. Having detected the presence of drugs in almost every part of air passengers’ anatomy, they somehow let a buxom 37-year-old woman with 1.5 kg of heroin stuffed in her bra, slip past.According to sources, Dadarbi Palagiri from Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, was about to board a 6.15 pm Air India flight to Kuwait, when she was spotted by a woman CISF officer.“The officer felt that there was something very unnatural about the way her bosom looked and so asked her to consent for a search,” said a source. When the woman hesitated, the lady officer hauled her off to the frisking area and checked her sari and blouse. “She was surprised to find small packets of heroin stuffed in the shape of balls, hidden in the lady’s bra and the pallu of her sari,” he added.As soon as the drugs were found, the CISF called in sleuths from Customs who fine-combed her belongings and clothes. “They found drugs in every possible part of her clothes, including her undergarments,” said an airport official.In all, the woman was found to be carrying about 1.5 kg of heroin, which is valued at over Rs 1 crore in the international market. She is believed to be a drug mule, and so customs officials are interrogating her before they formally charge her with drug running.This is likely to be the largest haul of drugs from a single lady’s body, without stashing any in her luggage, said a customs official.The incident that occurred at 3.30 pm, became the butt of quite a few jokes, as airport staff felt that the woman’s “ample bosom” ensured she had easy passage through the initial security checks.first published:August 12, 2012, 08:44 ISTlast updated:August 12, 2012, 08:44 IST
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For Customs officials at the city airport, it was the one that almost got away. Having detected the presence of drugs in almost every part of air passengers’ anatomy, they somehow let a buxom 37-year-old woman with 1.5 kg of heroin stuffed in her bra, slip past.

According to sources, Dadarbi Palagiri from Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, was about to board a 6.15 pm Air India flight to Kuwait, when she was spotted by a woman CISF officer.

“The officer felt that there was something very unnatural about the way her bosom looked and so asked her to consent for a search,” said a source. When the woman hesitated, the lady officer hauled her off to the frisking area and checked her sari and blouse. “She was surprised to find small packets of heroin stuffed in the shape of balls, hidden in the lady’s bra and the pallu of her sari,” he added.

As soon as the drugs were found, the CISF called in sleuths from Customs who fine-combed her belongings and clothes. “They found drugs in every possible part of her clothes, including her undergarments,” said an airport official.

In all, the woman was found to be carrying about 1.5 kg of heroin, which is valued at over Rs 1 crore in the international market. She is believed to be a drug mule, and so customs officials are interrogating her before they formally charge her with drug running.

This is likely to be the largest haul of drugs from a single lady’s body, without stashing any in her luggage, said a customs official.

The incident that occurred at 3.30 pm, became the butt of quite a few jokes, as airport staff felt that the woman’s “ample bosom” ensured she had easy passage through the initial security checks.