Tracking a packet sent through courier from Erode to Chennai, the Narcotic Control Bureau – Chennai Zonal Unit in a single operation has seized drugs worth Rs.1 crore, including heroin, methaqualone and four kg of ganja.
According to Manoj Kumar, Zonal Director of NCB, Chennai, a packet was seized from a courier firm’s office in Chennai on July 17. It contained 1.19 kg of heroin, 200 grams of methaqualone concealed in three parcels among a ladies’ handbag, cardboards used for packing of car gaskets and embroidery items addressed to destinations in West Africa, Australia and Spain. The value of the seized narcotic drug is more than Rs.1 crore in the international market.
In an operation to reach the consigner, sleuths in Erode intercepted James, an African national, and seized four kg of ganja. The contraband had been procured from Namakkal and was part of the consignment of drugs already seized and was meant for despatch to foreign countries through courier.
James is being questioned.
NCB sleuths on Thursday searched a private courier firm in Erode. Similar searches were being held in different parts of the State, including Coimbatore and Tirupur.
