According to senior CISF officials, drugs worth Rs 23.7 crore have been seized at IGI airport in the last three years. During the same duration CISF, which is responsible for securing 58 other airports of the country, has seized only one-tenth its amount in other airports. While a total of 11 cases of drug smuggling were reported by CISF from 58 airports of the country, 38 were reported from Delhi in this time.
Most of the narcotics seized by the paramilitary force are caches of methaqualone and pseudoephedrine. The latest case was reported on August 8 last year when 6.3 kilos of methaqualone worth Rs 1.86 crore in the international market was recovered by CISF officers. In April last year CISF seized pseudoephedrine twice, totalling Rs 2.04 crore.
Most of the people caught with drugs with the airport were foreigners who were trying to smuggle the parcels to other destinations including Addis Ababa and Mozambique. "The recoveries have come about after intensive behavioural training we've imparted to our officers," said a senior CISF official.
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