In two separate operations at the Foreign Post Office (FPO) in south Mumbai, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 1.770 kilograms of hydroponic weed valued at Rs 1.5 crore.
NCB conducted the operations on Friday based on inputs that the narcotic drug had been couriered from the USA. The NCB later apprehended the actual recipient of the drug in the Tardeo area of south Mumbai, he said.
850 grams of hydroponic marijuana (ganja) were seized by the NCB at the FPO in the first case, he said.
It was the agency’s team who intercepted the real receiver of the seized consignment during the investigation. According to the official, the accused is working for a notorious Mumbai drug trafficker, and he has at least ten criminal cases registered against him. In the second case, the anti-drug agency seized 920 grams of hydroponic weed from the FPO, he said, adding that this parcel was also received from the USA.