The agency has also seized 75,000 tablets of a newly found drug, Aspadol, which is not banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Wednesday, busted a drug racket and arrested two persons, allegedly involved in smuggling the contraband in food items and couriering it to New York. The agency has also seized 75,000 tablets of a newly found drug, Aspadol, which is not banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The arrested duo has been identified as Sunil Dhutia and Bhavesh Shah. Dhutia runs the courier firm Om Internation in Marol, Andheri (E), while Shah runs Euphoria Pharmacy in Andheri (E), officials said.
According sources, Mumbai Zonal Unit of DRI detected a case in which white crystalline Methaqualone powder concealed inside food items and other restricted drugs declared as assorted items were attempted to be exported to New York through courier.
The agency had seized 30 kilograms of Methaqualone powder, 1.18 lakh Sildenafil (viagra) tablets and 75,000 Aspadol tablets from the courier terminal at the international airport. The said consignment was seized under the NDPS Act and Customs Act.
"Dhutia, who claims to be treasurer of a political party, was arrested by Mumbai Police's Anti-Narcotics Cell with one kg of Mephedrone in February last year. Shah too has past criminal record and was arrested in a drug supply case by Ahmedabad Unit of Narcotics Control Bureau last year. He was also lodged in Baroda jail. Both of them have come out on bail and again started dealing in contraband," said a DRI source. DRI sources claimed that earlier the accused used to deal in Tramadol which is a painkiller extensively abused by addicts
CRIME SHEET
- DRI officials seized 75,000 tablets of a newly found drug called Aspadol, not banned under NDPS Act
- The agency also seized 1,18,000 Sildenafil (viagra) tablets
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