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Tanzanian apprehended with drugs worth Rs 30 lakh at Mumbai airport
Updated On: 02 September, 2019 11:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
The accused identified as Salum Mwesa Ali, who was bound for Johannesburg, was caught with 19.3 Kg drugs inside his bag

Tanzanian apprehended with drugs at the Mumbai airport. Pic credit/Hanif Patel
The Central Industrial Force (CISF) on Sunday recovered narcotics substance 'Pseudoephedrine' worth approximately Rs.30 lakh from a foreign passenger at CSMI Airport in Mumbai. The accused identified as Mr. Salum Mwesa Ali, a Tanzanian national was flying to Johannesburg via Abu Dhabi by flight no. EY-205. "On September 1, 2019, at about 0019 hrs, during profiling of passengers in check-in area of Terminal -2 of CSMI Airport, Mumbai, the CISF personnel noticed suspicious behaviour of a departure passenger later identified as Mr. Salum Mwesa Ali, a Tanzanian national bound for Johannesburg via Abu Dhabi," informed CISF.



