Pramesh S Jain
Narcotics Control Bureau officials busted another international drug racket and recovered 3000 MDMA pills and 240 grams of cocaine which landed from Netherlands to foreign passport office in Chamarajapete on Friday .
The officials have also nabbed a couple who had come to receive the consignment.
According to the officials High quality MDMA Pills was sourced from Netherlands while Cocaine from Ethiopia and was meant for distribution in Bangalore.
The MDMA pills were concealed in a layers of a table cloth,while Cocaine was concealed in the inner walls of a corrugated box.
Acting on information a team of officials camped and kept a close watch at the post office before nabbing the couple identified as Ramla Shedafa Nancy and Emmanuel Michael.Foreign passports have been recovered from them,which seems to be fake.
The team led by Amit Ghawate,NCB,(Zonal Director),Venugopal G.Kurup(Assistant Director),Rathan K.(Intelligence Officer),Sunil Parewa(IO),Kamlesh Kumar(IO),Sathisha(Sepoy) were part of the operation.
The two were arrested by the NCB officials after a dramatic chase. One of the officers was also badly injured during the process.
MDMA(methylenedioxy-methamphetamine), commonly known as ecstasy, is a party drug that alters mood and perception and reduces feelings of increased energy and pleasure.
The NCB release said the popularity of such synthetic drugs have increased manifold over the past five years in the country.
Cocaine,also known as coke,is a strong stimulant most frequently used as a recreational drug.It was commonly snorted,inhaled as smoke,or dissolved and injected into a vein,the release said,adding high doses of the drug can result in very high blood pressure or body temperature.
The NCB has been carrying out several such searches in the recent past. Sources in the bureau say more such seizers can be expected in the run-up to New Year’s Eve.
Finally NCB acknowledges the dedicated efforts of,Amit Ghawate, IRS,(Zonal Director),Venugopal G.Kurup(Assistant Director),Rathan K. (Intelligence Officer),Sunil Parewa (IO),Kamlesh Kumar (IO),Sathisha (Sepoy) and other officers associated to this case at NCB,Bangalore Zonal Unit says a NCB release.
