The CSMI’s Air Intelligence Unit had apprehended an alleged accused for carrying 14.970 kg of Khat leaf.

Khat is a flowering plant mainly found in Africa and Yemen region, the leaves have stimulants and are consumed by chewing dried leaves. The WHO had tagged this drug as “Drug of Abuse” in 1980. It was banned in India in 2017 and was brought under the NDPS Act in 2018.