Raigad Police seizes 1,500 kg gelatin sticks, 70 kg detonators; 3 held

The Raigad Police in Maharashtra have seized 1500 kilograms of gelatin sticks and 70 kilograms of electric detonators in Raigad district a police official said on Monday according to the PTIHe said that in connection with the matter three people have been arrested for allegedly ferrying and storing these items without requisite permissions an official said on Monday reported the PTIOn Sunday a tempo was stopped on MangaonNeejampur road and some gelatin sticks and detonators were found he saidThe questioning of the driver led us to 159 kilograms of gelatin sticks from a man in Pali 180 kg from Pen In all we have seized 50 boxes of gelatin sticks cumulatively weighing 1500 kg and four boxes of detonators with a total weight of 70 kg he said as per the PTIThree persons identified as Vikram Jat Vitthal Rathod and Rajesh Yadav have been arrested the Mangaon police station official addedMeanwhile last week the Mumbai zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB on Thursday said that it busted an IndoAustralian drug syndicate and have seized huge quantity of banned drugs in the entire operationIn the operation the central agency have nabbed three suspects the NCB saidAccording to the NCB in an strategic follow up investigation the NCBMumbai has successfully busted an international network involved in illicit trafficking of pharma drugs from India to Australia Initially intelligence was gathered wherein an international drug network was involved in illicit diversion of pharmaceutical drugs from India to foreign destinations primarily to AustraliaAccordingly the intelligence was further garnered after which an information was received wherein a consignment was being sent to Australia through international courier Upon extensive data analysis a parcel was identified the parcel was intercepted at DHL courier Mumbai When opened unsuspecting steel table furniture was found When further examined closely packets were found concealed inside the cavities specially designed in the table When the packets were retrieved all of them contained white powdery substance which when tested indicate to be Amphetamine which weighed a total of 9877 kgs the NCB saidImmediately detailed investigation was initiated after which involvement of V Singh was analysed an official saidSingh was intercepted on December 19 Mumbai and when questioned he confessed about his involvement and revelation was made by him with specific details Based on his revelation two of his associates named G Mishra and P Sharma were intercepted in Mumbai he saidThe NCB said in further investigations a huge consignment of illicitly diverted pharmaceutical drugs were found from their premises which were ready to be to a dispatched foreign destination A total of 9800 Zolpidem Tarterate tablets and 18700 Tramadol tablets were seized during in this follow up actionAccordingly both GMishra amp PSharma were arrested on December 20with PTI inputs