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Sudanese man held with 40 kg white sandalwood at IGI airport

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

A Sudanese man was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport for allegedly smuggling white sandalwood weighing 40 kg, officials said on Monday.

Passenger Mohammed Khinder Baballa was intercepted on Sunday evening at the Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport as his baggage looked suspicious, they said.

Baballa, bound for Sudan's capital city of Khartoum via Jeddah, and the white sandalwood logs recovered from him were handed over to Customs authorities at the airport for further investigation, they said.

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First Published: Jan 06 2020 | 7:40 PM IST

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