Officials intercepted Noeline Nampeera of Uganda who arrived from Addis Ababa on Sunday night. While checking her check-in luggage, officials found 1.756 kg of methaqualone and 1.431 kg of heroin concealed in the inner layers of the corrugated carton box. They seized the drugs under the Customs Act and arrested her.

In another incident, the AIU officers intercepted Thirumurugan of Chennai near the toilet. While searching him, customs found gold weighing about 524 grams in paste form valued at Rs 22.45 lakh inside his inner garments. During investigation, it was found that gold was handed over to him inside the toilet by Halaskhan who had arrived from Sharjah. Officials nabbed Halaskhan at the exit and both were arrested.

On Saturday, officials seized 640 grams of gold worth Rs 28.24 lakh from Damayanthi Silva of Sri Lanka, who was arrested.

In another case, 2 men leaving for Sharjah were intercepted and foreign currencies worth Rs 15.68 lakh were recovered and seized.