Ecstasy Drug Sent From France Seized In Chennai

CHENNAI, 20 MARCH 2020:

Customs officials at Chennai airport have seized a consignment of MDMA, aka Ecstasy drug, which was couriered to Chennai. The drug was marked to an address in a slum tenement at Arumbakkam which was demolished around 10 years ago, customs officials said.

Officials said based on information that a parcel containing some narcotics drugs was likely to be smuggled into India from Europe, the postal intelligence of air customs detained one parcel at foreign post office. The detained parcel was unregistered and was sent from France.

On examination, it was found to contain blue colour tablets and two plastic pouches containing white crystalline powder. Both tablets and powder were tested with narcotics field testing kit and prima facie tested positive for MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine), a narcotics substance.

As many as 158 blue colour tablets, totally weighing 77 gram, and 19 gram of white crystalline powder, suspected to be MDMA, totally valued at Rs. 6.6 lakh, were recovered and seized under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act -1985. Samples have been sent to the Central Revenue laboratory for confirmatory tests.

MDMA can alter people’s mood and perception and is chemically similar to both stimulants and hallucinogens. These blue colour tablets are known by name “punisher pills” and said to be three times stronger than most of other forms of Ecstasy. The MDMA crystalline powder is a premium product and purer than pills. It increases alertness and awareness.

A week ago, the officials seized MDMA tablets worth Rs 30 lakh from the foreign post office. The Times Of India