New Delhi, 14 November (H.S.): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 10.8 kg of amphetamine, a prohibited narcotic substance, from a suspicious postal parcel originating in a European country and intercepted at the Foreign Post Office in Delhi. The operation has thwarted an alleged attempt by an international drug trafficking syndicate to exploit legitimate postal services for smuggling narcotics into India.

The Ministry of Finance said on Saturday that DRI officials examined the suspicious consignment following specific intelligence inputs. The parcel had arrived from a European country and was declared to contain clothing.

An initial inspection revealed ordinary garments inside the package. However, a closer examination of the packaging led officials to discover two concealed plastic pouches inside each of the box's four walls, taking the total number of recovered packets to eight.

The packets contained a pink-coloured powder, which was subsequently tested and confirmed to be amphetamine.

The DRI has seized all eight packets under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. Further investigation into the case is underway.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar