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Mumbai NCB seize Ephedrine worth Rs 5 crore in Andheri destined to Australia

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Mumbai NCB seize Ephedrine worth Rs 5 crore in Andheri destined to Australia

In a major clampdown on drugs the Narcotics Control Bureau seized 4.600 kilograms of Ephedrine worth Rs 5 crore in Andheri’s illicit market.

Reportedly, the contraband
concealed in a consignment containing three mattresses was sourced from Hyderabad for onward destinnation to Australia via Mumbai.

As per Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director of Mumbai NCB, based on a reliable information on Thursday, a team of NCB Mumbai seized 4.600 kgs of Ephedrine from premises near the airport in Andheri, ​from one shipment destined to Australia.’

Further, the NCB Zonal Director revealed that the office received some information about the consignee and consignor and other links of the drug smugglers in Mumbai also. Now efforts are in progress to trace and nab those involved in this drug case.

Ephedrine is covered under Sec 9A of NDPS Act, 1985 and table-I precursor under the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance.

News Input by K.V.Raman

 

 

 

 

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