‘Opium concealed inside chocolate boxes sent to Bengaluru through courier’: Police bust drug racket
74 grams of opium was recovered from inside the chocolate boxes send via DTDC express courier.
The officials at DTDC Express Courier Company, located the case back in September 10 and alerted the police about a suspicious parcel. (File Photo/Representational) The Panchkula police’s Crime Branch, Sector 19, has busted a novel drug smuggling racket in which opium was being concealed inside chocolate boxes and sent to Bengaluru through a courier service.
The police arrested the accused identified as Gurnit Singh, and recovered 74 grams of opium from his possession.
ACP (Crime) Arvind Kamboj said the case dates back to September 10, when officials of DTDC Express Courier Company, located in Phase 1 Industrial Area, Panchkula, alerted the police about a suspicious parcel. The consignment had been booked from Sector 44, Chandigarh, for delivery in Bengaluru.
“When the parcel was opened in the presence of police officials, it contained packets of chocolates. On thorough inspection, 74 grams of opium was recovered from inside the chocolate boxes,” ACP Kamboj said. Following the recovery, a case was registered at Sector 20 police station under Section 18 of the NDPS Act and an investigation was initiated.
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