DRI seizes methamphetamine worth Rs 1.1-crore from Hyderabad-bound bus

Hyderabad, Oct 24 (TNT): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 1.136 kg of methamphetamine, valued at approximately Rs 1.1 crore, from a passenger bus arriving in Hyderabad from Bhopal, the agency said on Saturday.

Acting on specific intelligence, DRI officials from the Hyderabad Zonal Unit searched the bus on October 23 and recovered four packets containing the narcotic substance concealed beneath mattresses on sleeper berths.

The substance tested positive for methamphetamine using a field-testing kit. Preliminary enquiry revealed that the passengers occupying the berths had boarded the bus at Bhopal and alighted at Nagpur, the DRI said in a release.

The seized substance, weighing 1.136 kg in gross weight, was confiscated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.

No arrests have been reported in the case, and further investigation is underway, the release added.

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