The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested two drug traffickers from a bus and seized 3.01 kg of amphetamine having an illicit market value of nearly Rs 2.4 crore in Nagpur, an official said on Friday. The DRI's Nagpur Regional Unit of the Mumbai Zone said it had dismantled an inter-state drug trafficking syndicate through the operation.

Source: IANS via Hi India

Acting on specific intelligence, officers of the DRI Nagpur Regional Unit intercepted two passengers travelling by bus from Delhi to Bengaluru, passing through Nagpur on October 28, on suspicion of carrying narcotic substances in their luggage, a DRI statement said. The officers boarded the bus at Bhagimari Toll Plaza on NH-47, Nagpur.

Hidden inside three ladies' suits

The contraband was concealed in three ladies' suits, which appeared to be unusually heavy, the DRI Nagpur Regional Unit said. Three packets containing a total of 3.01 kg of amphetamine were recovered from the two passengers, and field testing of representative samples drawn separately from all three packets gave a positive indication for the presence of amphetamine, the DRI said.

The packets were seized and the two passengers were arrested under the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985, the DRI said. The seizure was also reported by Nation Press and Mumbai Press on Friday, citing the same DRI statement carried by IANS. Further investigation is underway.