Acting on a tip-off, Chennai Air Customs intercepted two postal parcels suspected to contain narcotics substance, which arrived from the Netherlands and USA at Foreign Post Office, Chennai.
The first parcel arrived from Borculo, the Netherlands, and was addressed to a Chennai-based person. Inside the parcel, a plastic pouch containing white crystal powder was found. The powder tested positive for Methamphetamine. Fifteen grams of Methamphetamine crystals valued at Rs 1.5 lakh were recovered.
The second parcel had arrived from St Portland, Oregon, and addressed to a Salem-based person. The parcel was declared to contain academic documents. On opening it, a black envelope was found in which a white cover containing semi-dried leaves having strong “weedy” smell similar to cannabis of high quality most likely “hydro cannabis” were found concealed. A total of 100gm cannabis of foreign origin valued at Rs 80,000 was recovered.
The substances were seized under NDPS Act, 1985. Further investigation is in progress.