An Italian national allegedly carrying 400 plus grams of hashish was stopped minutes before he could board a Brussels-bound flight from the city airport and handed over to the Air Intelligence unit (AIU) of the customs.
Martina Di Fabio, the accused, was stopped by a Jet Airways security staff at the secondary landing point. According to official sources from the AIU, Fabio is a tourist on a holiday to India and he was travelling with the drugs strapped to him. According to the sources he bought the drugs in Goa recently.
A.P.S Suri, principal commissioner of AIU said, “Fabio, who was holding an Italian passport, was headed to Rome via Brussels by Jet Airways flight 9W-228 when he was intercepted and 418 gm of hashish, also known as cannabis, in the form of sticks, flakes and paste which were cleverly concealed under his garments, was recovered. The drugs were kept in polythene pouches and stuck with the help of cello tape on the his arms, abdomen, and legs.”
He further added, “He was arrested, drugs seized and a case booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.” Officials suspect Fabio is a drug addict and had purchased the hashish for himself.
