Afghan national booked for smuggling heroin

New Delhi, March 28 : An Afghanistan national has been booked on the charge of smuggling heroin into the country, Delhi Police said on Tuesday.

Mahammadi Hamid, 19, was booked under the Narcotic ***** and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after doctors at Safdarjung Hospital here recovered seven capsules of heroin from his rectum on Monday.

Hamid had arrived on an Air India flight from Kabul but was found unconscious when it landed at the Indira Gandhi International airport here.

Hamid was taken to the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre and later shifted to the Safdarjung Hospital where 68 gm of the contraband was seized. 

Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Bhatia said Hamid has not been arrested since he is yet to regain consciousness.