This Article is From Mar 21, 2012

Maldivian national held for drug peddling

Bangalore: A Maldivian national has been arrested here on charges of drug peddling and 350 grams of heroin seized from him, customs department said today.

Naseer Ahmed was caught at Bengaluru International Airport while he was trying to board a Sri Lankan airlines flight on March 19, a release from the department here said.

He was produced before a local court which remanded him in judicial custody till April two, it said.

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