 However , when the army storms their hideout , Tintin manages to elude the policemen . Boarding a plane , he escapes Arabia but runs out of fuel over India , crashing into the jungle . He discovers Sarcophagus , who has become insane as the result of being injected with Rajaijah juice , " the poison of madness " . Tintin is hypnotised by a fakir and institutionalised in an asylum , which he soon escapes . Meeting the Maharaja of Gaipajama , the two become friends , with the Maharaja revealing that his family has long been fighting a criminal opium @-@ smuggling gang . The fakir appears and Tintin follows him , discovers the drug cartel 's hideout and is able to capture the cartel . Tintin recognises their Kih @-@ Oskh symbol and realises it is the same organisation that was operating in Egypt and Arabia . The fakir escapes , and with the masked leader of the conspiracy kidnaps the Maharaja 's son . Tintin pursues them in a sports car , rescuing the boy and capturing the fakir , while the leader falls into a chasm . Tintin returns to Gaipajama , where his return is celebrated . <unk> one of the cigars with the mysterious Kih @-@ Oskh symbol , Tintin explains to the Maharaja how opium was smuggled across the world in the cigars . 
