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Man held for trying to smuggle psychotropic drugs to US

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Published : Oct 8, 2020, 9:49 PM IST

A man, who was running a pharma export firm in Chennai, was arrested for trying to send psychotropic drugs illegally to the US. A Chennai customs team arrested him and seized 455 tablets of the drugs.

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Psychotropic drugs

New Delhi: Chennai customs team has arrested a man, who tried to smuggle psychotropic drugs, and recovered 455 tablets that were being sent to the US.

A Delhi customs official told media persons here that 20 strips of Alprazolam, 155 tablets of Clonazepam, Diazepam and Lorazepam were recovered from the two parcels.

Man held for trying to smuggle psychotropic drugs to US

He said the accused runs a pharma export firm and was exporting these drugs without the required license.

One needs a separate license to export or import psychotropic drugs, he said, adding that the accused was doing it illegally and got caught.

Further probe is on in the matter, he added.

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New Delhi: Chennai customs team has arrested a man, who tried to smuggle psychotropic drugs, and recovered 455 tablets that were being sent to the US.

A Delhi customs official told media persons here that 20 strips of Alprazolam, 155 tablets of Clonazepam, Diazepam and Lorazepam were recovered from the two parcels.

Man held for trying to smuggle psychotropic drugs to US

He said the accused runs a pharma export firm and was exporting these drugs without the required license.

One needs a separate license to export or import psychotropic drugs, he said, adding that the accused was doing it illegally and got caught.

Further probe is on in the matter, he added.

Also Read: Aware of social media fake news dangers, rules in place to address it, Centre tells HC

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