The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence’s Mumbai Zonal Unit busted an international racket that concealed hashish in a courier shipment sent from New York in the United States to Mumbai.[1][2][3] After sustained investigation, officers identified and traced the intended recipient of the consignment.[1][4] The accused was arrested on November 2 under the provisions of the NDPS Act.[1][3][5][6][7] Officials said further investigation is under way to uncover the larger network, identify other people involved and establish domestic and international linkages.[1][8][4][7]

Acting on specific intelligence, officers uncovered the operation and seized 7.85 kg of hashish concealed inside a wooden-framed bathroom mirror.[1][2][3][6][7][9] Officers intercepted and examined the suspicious courier consignment at the International Courier Terminal in Mumbai.[1][2][3] The package had been declared as a framed bathroom wall mirror.[1][2] During detailed inspection, officers dismantled the wooden cuboidal frame and found eight concealed packets hidden inside the structure.[1][2][3][8] Those packets contained 169 smaller packets filled with a blackish resinous substance of varying weights.[1][3] The material tested positive for hashish in preliminary testing with an NDPS field testing kit.[1] Officers put the total gross weight of the seized contraband at 7,850 grams.[1]

The narcotic substance was confiscated under the relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.[1][5] The DRI said it remains committed to combating drug trafficking and dismantling organized narcotics networks.[1] The agency said such operations support the Government of India’s Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan and its broader objective of creating a drug-free India.[1]

The DRI has not disclosed the identity of the person arrested over the mirror parcel.[8]