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Courier and postal cargo has emerged as a favourite mode of transportation of drugs by traffickers due to the anonymity associated with its use. DRI has been able to upgrade itself in terms of intelligence development and investigation skills to counter the ever new methods being adopted by the drug traffickers. In one of such case, officers of DRI, Chennai busted a modus operandi of use of international express courier company for smuggling narcotics substances out of India. Based on specific intelligence, the officers of DRI, Chennai intercepted a consignment of Alprazolam tablets, a psychotropic substance, which was being exported to USA in the guise of herbal / Ayurvedic medicines and seized approximately 1,37,665 tablets of various kinds, including Alprazolam totally weighing around 90 Kg. Due to persistence and dedication in follow–up investigation, the officers of DRI were able to finally locate the international call centre in Jaipur, run by one of the accused, which was established to book orders of tablets like Alprazolam, Tramadol from buyers in USA and were able to apprehend the master mind behind the cartel.
Figure 8: Seizure of Alprazolam Tablets by DRI Chennai
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