Postal, courier staff given training to detect contraband

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“During interrogation, it was learnt that nowadays drug peddlers and dealers were sending their consignments through courier and postal services. Dealers would even arrange for the consignments to be delivered to other cities. They would send the consignment through courier, emergency mail service (EMS) or speed post,” the sources added. The NCB Regional Zonal Director, Rohit Singh told The Indian Express that they were giving regular training to the employees of courier companies and postal services to combat the menace.

“So far, we have trained nearly 300 employees of both services to detect contraband and have sensitised them about its identification and methods used to conceal drugs in parcels,” he said. Recently, the NCB had seized a parcel from the office of a courier company and retrieved cocaine from it. “It was a cloth-covered package but the peddler had concealed cocaine inside it. Hunt is on to nab the accused,” Singh said.

Another NCB official said drug peddlers preferred private postal and courier services since they were cheap and had fewer security hassles. “The NCB has asked courier companies to install CCTVs in their offices and also train people who operate the scanning machines,” he said.