Heroin weighing 1.266 kg worth nearly Three Hundred and Forty Million UGX was seized from a Tanzanian national by Air Intelligence Officers of he customs department at Chennai International airport.
The officials had intercepted the Tanzanian national who had arrived in the city on 14 July from Entebbe in Uganda in Ethiopian Airlines flight ET335/692.
The man had swallowed the heroin encased in capsules which was later recovered by customs officials.
