NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, SEP 22
The Customs department at the airport here has seized a parcel containing 130 MDMA pills – also known as ecstasy – when it arrived from France, officials said on Tuesday.
Chennai Air Customs seized 130 MDMA tablets valued at Rs. 4 lakhs under NDPS Act, 1985 from a postal parcel, which arrived from France at Foreign Post Office, Chennai. pic.twitter.com/7BdxGL0GTR
— Chennai Customs (@ChennaiCustoms) September 22, 2020
Department sleuths on opening the parcel at the foreign post office here seized Methylenedioxy- methamphetamine (MMDA) tablets worth Rs 4 lakh concealed in a plastic pouch that had arrived from Poulainville, a town in North France.
The parcel was addressed to an individual living in the city.
As a follow up, a manhunt was launched to trace the individual but the house was found to be locked.
Enquiries revealed that no one was residing in that house since March, officials added.