NCB foils two attempts to smuggle in synthetic drugs
The Hindu
Both were sent to Thiruvananthapuram on the guise of parcels via courier
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) foiled two attempts to smuggle narcotic drugs into Kerala this month, under the garb of parcels sent via courier.
Personnel of the NCB’s Bengaluru unit detected 40 grams of methamphetamine from a courier destined for Thiruvananthapuram on November 11. A controlled delivery of this consignment helped nab the person to whom it was to be handed over in Thiruvananthapuram.
On November 16, personnel of NCB’s Cochin sub zone, based on inputs from the agency’s Bengaluru zonal unit, intercepted a courier in Thiruvananthapuram and seized 244 grams of amphetamine, 25 stamps of LSD, and 2 grams of methaqualone. The contraband was found concealed in a gift parcel that contained chewing gum and cookies. It was very difficult to detect initially, the NCB said in a statement.