Visitor held for smuggling poppy seeds

By Eman Al Baik Published: 2010-11-09T03:27:00+04:00

An Indian visitor was arrested by customs officials at the Dubai International Airport for possessing and smuggling poppy seeds.

The scanning process at the airport showed some suspicious substance in his bag. VRK, 37, hid 81048gms of poppy seeds in his  luggage bag.

He confessed to bringing the substance for planting it here.