Continuing  its  fight  against  drug  menace  in  the  country, the Directorate  of  Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 1.04 kg of cocaine, estimated to be valued at over Rs 10.4 crore in the international illicit market, from an import consignment.

A specific intelligence was developed by DRI that certain consignments imported from Ecuador were likely to contain narcotic drugs. Bill of entry for import was not filed for the consignment. The consignment, declared to contain ‘Teak Rough Square Logs’ having gross weight of 220.63 MT, which had been imported at Mundra port from Ecuador, was identified for detailed examination.

During examination, one packet was found tightly wrapped in one of the containers. Sample was drawn from the suspected packet and test was conducted. The test confirmed the presence of cocaine in the packet.

Further investigation is in progress.

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