Customs officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle 1,559.6 grams of heroin through Bahrain International Airport.

They stopped a foreigner on suspicion as he was proceeding through the Green Channel, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

They found drugs weighing 948.3gms hidden in his shoes, in addition to 611.3gms in his handbag. - TradeArabia News Service