3 kg of drugs hidden in lehengas seized, 6 arrested
The Hindu
The contraband was bound for Australia
Over the last three days, Narcotics Control Bureau, Bengaluru Zonal Unit, officials arrested six people, who were allegedly involved in smuggling commercial quantities of drugs to clients in India and abroad. They are part of two major drug syndicates, said NCB officials.
In the first operation, an NCB team (Hyderabad sub-zone), acting on specific information, seized 3 kg of pseudoephedrine that was concealed in packets along the fall line of three lehengas. The parcel, which was seized in Hyderabad, was bound for Australia. The contraband was well concealed and stitched to avoid detection by enforcement agencies.
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