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20 2020-2021 SMUGGLING IN INDIA REPORT
the drug traffickers in the future also. Therefore, extra vigil is required for monitoring the territorial waters and the import consignments arriving through the sea route.
On 10th August 2020, officers of DRI, affected a seizure of 191 kg of heroin at JNCH port. The heroin was concealed under the goods declared as “mulethi”- a medicinal herb.
Concealment of narcotics in courier/ postal parcels and containerized cargo poses a formidable challenge for Customs and DRI. The volume of trade makes it impractical to check all consignments. This makes it imperative for DRI to use data analytics for interdictions. The data in respect of number of seizures of NDPS drugs/substances made by DRI over the financial year 2020-21 is as under:
Name of NDPS Substance
2020-21
No. of Cases
Quantity
Alprazolam
1
7800 Tabs
Brown Sugar
1
0.15 kg
Cocaine
5
5.462 kg
Codein Sulphate
1
2.239 kg
Codeine Based Syrup
1
528 Bottles
Ephedrine
1
76 kg
Ganja
43
45992 kg
Hashish
2
178 kg
Heroin
9
203 kg
Ketamine
1
10 kg
MDMA
1
2052 Tabs
Mephedrone Crystal
3
218.5 kg
Methamphetamine tabs
5
13.358 kg
Methaqualone
1
0.207 kg
Morphine
1
0.065 kg
Phensedyl Cough Linctus
1
18000 Bottles
Pseudoephedrine
7
105.5 kg
Tramadol
1
1520400 Tabs