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DRI busts two drug smuggling attempts, arrests three
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested two businessmen from Maharashtra for allegedly trying to smuggle two lakh Tramadol tablets to Nigeria. The DRI intercepted a consignment at the Air Cargo Complex…
The Story in Brief
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested two businessmen from Maharashtra for allegedly trying to smuggle two lakh Tramadol tablets to Nigeria. The DRI intercepted a consignment at the Air Cargo Complex in Mumbai booked by Vipra Pharmaceuticals and declared as Pregabalin capsules. Instead, officials found one lakh Tapentadol/Tramadol tablets and one lakh Tramadol Hydrochloride tablets, both psychotropic substances under the NDPS Act.
In a separate operation, the DRI arrested a Nigerian woman at Ratlam Junction in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly carrying two kg of amphetamine worth Rs 1.6 crore. Officials said she was travelling by train from New Delhi to Mumbai with the drugs concealed in her trolley bag. She was produced before a court and remanded to DRI custody until August 11.
The Indian Opinion
Two separate DRI busts in a single week show the agency is alert, but the routes themselves are a familiar story. Tramadol to Nigeria and amphetamine on the Delhi-Mumbai rail corridor have been caught before. The real test is whether these arrests lead to the financiers and overseas buyers who place the orders. That will decide if this is a disruption or just a cost of business for the syndicates.
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, freepressjournal.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
