DW BUREAU / Chandigarh In a major haul, the Chandigarh police recovered over 10 kilograms of cocaine, worth over Rs 100 crore from a man who was trying to send the narcotic to Australia via courier, UT SSP Kuldeep Singh Chahal informed Daily World on Thursday. Acting on a tip off, a police team comprising Sector 31 SHO Narinder Patial arrested Ashfaq Rahman, a resident of Chennai, and recovered 10.24 kg of the narcotics from his possession. The accused had brought the consignment to Chandigarh to send it further to Australia through courier. The consignment of drugs was hidden in a wooden tray duly sealed by plywood and mixed with crockery items in cardboard boxes. During the interrogation, the accused informed the police that earlier, a consignment of 40 kilograms of cocaine was dispatched to Australia by him, police sources said. Sources said that soon after the Chandigarh police arrested the accused with the cocaine, a team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reached the spot. However, it returned after the NCB was informed that the Chandigarh police have already carried out the operation and arrested the accused. The accused will be produced in a court on Friday, officials said, adding that police will seek his custody to trace the origin of recovered cocaine. (editor@dailyworld.in)