The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai, took a consignment of hydroponic weed worth Rs 39.5 crores and jailed 2 Indian nationals for running a drug cartel.
Mumbai, UPDATED: Oct 19, 2022 04: 25 IST
The officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence obstructed carrier consignments at the Courier Terminal in Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai, which included the contraband.
By Divyesh Singh: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, took a consignment of hydroponic weed worth Rs 39.5 crores and detained 2 Indian nationals for running a drug cartel.
The officers of DRI, Mumbai zonal system, collected info and obstructed 2 US-origin carrier consignments at the Courier Terminal in Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai.
The consignments were stated as ‘outside concrete firepit’ and were predestined for Bhiwandi in Maharashtra. Around 86.5 kg of top quality hydroponic weed were hidden in the 2 consignments.
An examination was performed and the DRI officers performed searches at the location addresses pointed out in the consignments. Follow up searches led the officers to a storage facility and a workplace connected to the importer. The search results page in the crackdown of the drug cartel being run by 2 Indian nationals in Mumbai.
A case has actually been signed up versus the 2 and more examination is underway. The present seizure shows the disconcerting pattern in which hydroponic weed of US-origin is being imported into the nation.