Mumbai: The DRI Officials seized 283Kg heroin worth approximately ₹ 2,000 crore in the international market on Monday and arrested three persons.

The DRI Officials intercepted a massive consignment of drugs that smuggled into Mumbai from Iran by sea. It is one of the biggest drug hauls in recent times.

According to the DRI, the consignment was to be transported to Punjab by road from Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai; the confiscated heroin was concealed in two containers with talcum stones. Prabhjit Singh, a supplier, from Punjab’s Taran Tarn area has been arrested in connection with the case along with two others from Madhya Pradesh, DRI Officials said.