Chennai, Sept. 3 -- The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Chennai conducted a joint operation with the Air Intelligence Unit, Chennai Customs, resulting in the seizure of 5.618 kg of Cocaine at Chennai international airport.

Two Indian nationals, one a resident of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand (a 25-year-old B.A. graduate) and the other from Chamba, Himachal Pradesh (a 26-year-old ITI pass), were apprehended during this operation while carrying the contraband, which had been brought on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Chennai in their baggage.

The street value of the seized contraband, which is high-grade cocaine, is estimated to be atleast Rs 60 crore in India. Cocaine is sold in retail in one-gram sachets, and one-...