Mumbai, June 11: A Nigerian national was arrested by the intelligence unit of customs after heroin worth Rs 1.95 crore was recovered from him at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here. The accused was intercepted last week-end with the help of a sniffer dog when he was attempting to smuggle out 1950 gms of heroin, sources said here today.

The contraband was concealed in the bottom of two pieces of the passenger's checked-in-baggage while travelling to Nairobi on May 28.

The passenger confessed that the heroin was supplied to him by one Abujaan of New Delhi.

Bureau Report