Drug racket busted in Kolkata, three arrested
Thursday - September 27, 2018 3:26 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Drug racket busted in Kolkata, three arrested
Kolkata Sep 27 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an international drugs racket here by seizing more than 3 000 tablets of psychotropic substances and arresting three persons a senior NCB official said on Thursday.
According to the official the gang was involved in online trading of drugs in the US and Canada.
"The NCB Kolkata team seized 3 161 tablets of six psychotropic substances valued at Rs 10-15 lakh from drug dealers Ganesh Pan and Sunil Agarwal who were arrested on Wednesday " NCB Kolkata unit Zonal Director Dilip Kumar Srivastava said.
"The drugs were sold to customers in the US and Canada through a city-based call centre Dream Advent Services and delivered via courier. Clement Phillips the call centre owner was also arrested " he said.
The official said that the seized drugs were procured in Kolkata as they can be sold in India but are illegal in the two foreign countries.
--IANS mgr/tsb/mr
According to the official the gang was involved in online trading of drugs in the US and Canada.
"The NCB Kolkata team seized 3 161 tablets of six psychotropic substances valued at Rs 10-15 lakh from drug dealers Ganesh Pan and Sunil Agarwal who were arrested on Wednesday " NCB Kolkata unit Zonal Director Dilip Kumar Srivastava said.
"The drugs were sold to customers in the US and Canada through a city-based call centre Dream Advent Services and delivered via courier. Clement Phillips the call centre owner was also arrested " he said.
The official said that the seized drugs were procured in Kolkata as they can be sold in India but are illegal in the two foreign countries.
--IANS mgr/tsb/mr
