An Indian-origin man in Arkansas, Kapil Raghu, was wrongly arrested after police mistook a perfume labelled “Opium” for an illegal narcotic. Although the charges were dropped, Raghu now faces deportation and seeks to have his US visa reinstated, according to UK daily Guardian report.

How did a bottle of perfume land Kapil Raghu in ICE custody?

Kapil Raghu, an Indian national married to an American citizen and working towards permanent residency, was stopped on 3 May by Benton police, a suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas, for a minor traffic violation. During the stop, officers discovered a small perfume bottle labelled “Opium” and assumed it contained illegal drugs.

Despite Kapil Raghu insisting that the bottle contained perfume and that the name referred to the scent, he was arrested on

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