Customs officials seized fivekilograms of ketamine, an anaesthetic misused by drug addictsand peddlers, from a passenger of a Kuala Lumpur-bound flightat the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad here.
Hailing from Chennai, the accused Abdul Rashid, hadconcealed the narcotic, worth Rs 2 crore in the internationalmarket, in an exercise machine and was smuggling it to KualaLumpur last night, when customs officials intercepted him, asenior customs official said.
"Rashid brought five kilograms of ketamine fromChennai to Hyderabad, from where he allegedly tried to smuggleit out to Kuala Lumpur. He was about to board a flight whencustoms officials intercepted him," he said.
After the seizure, Rashid was booked under relevantsections of the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS)Act and arrested.
Later, he was produced before a local court which senthim to judicial remand.