NewzVille Desk
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted upon a major attempt to illegally export a significant quantity of Methamphetamine from India to Saudi Arabia.
After getting an intelligenceinformation, DRI recovered around 56 kg Methamphetamine in powdery form, from an export consignment at the Nava Sheva Port.
The contraband drug had been ingeniously mixed with maize in one of the 351 bags contained in this consignment. The recovered Methamphetamine and was seized, under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
Swift investigation led to the identification of the exporter and the transporter/freight forwarder involved in the operation. Investigation revealed that the transporter/freight forwarder was coordinating with an overseas buyer for transportation and customs clearance of the export consignment. Based on their respective roles in the attempted trafficking, both persons were arrested under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.
The method of concealment — mixing a large quantity of Methamphetamine inextricably with maize and disguising the consignment as an ordinary agricultural commodity — represents a distinctive modus operandi intended to evade routine examination and detection during export.
