Fighter drug used by ISIS worth over 50 crores seized by DRI Mumbai, three arrested

Daily hunt: India Today: May 29, 2018



Fighter drug used by ISIS terrorist has been seized in huge quantity by Mumbai unit of DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) from Palghar district.

DRI busted the major racket and confiscated Tramadol tablet worth 50 crores and above. The DRI officials have arrested three people in the case.

Acting on specific information, it was learnt that huge quantity of Tramadol, a psychotropic substance covered under the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 was being manufactured and cleared from M/s Excel Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, Plot number 11, located in the said Diwan & Sons Udyog Nagar, Palghar.

Searches conducted at the factory premises of M/s Excel Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd resulted in recovery of Tramadol tablets. Tramadol powder running into several crores in International drug market were seized under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985.

Further searches conducted at warehouse situated at Dronagiri, Raigad resulted in recovery of 959 cartons containing 4,48,68,000 Tramadol tablets having international value in crores.

The director of the factory and the chemist have admitted their respective roles in the offence of illegal manufacture of psychotropic substance in large quantity on behalf of a merchant exporter based in Haryana.

A middleman, who had placed orders for such huge quantity on behalf of the exporters and had given him advance for procurement of raw materials was also apprehended. All the three have been arrested and will be produced before the special court for NDPS.

Tramadol is a painkiller which is generally used all over the world by drug addicts. India recently brought the drug into the ambit of NDPS Act, making its production and sale without the approval of Central Bureau of Narcotics, Gwalior, illegal. It was banned in India last month.

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