Updated On: 02 October, 2022 08:23 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
DRI officials said that sustained investigation revealed that the cartel operated from different states and the consignment was to be exchanged in Delhi instead of sending to Hyderabad at the consignee address. Surveillance were kept and two persons including the mastermind of the cartel were arrested in Hyderabad

The seized consignment. Pic/ Faizan Khan
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has unearthed an international drugs smuggling racket in a multi-agency coordinated operation across three states.
According to the DRI, based on specific intelligence received, officers of DRI in Mumbai has seized 3.5 kgs of hydroponic weed from a USA origin postal consignment that was misdeclared as ‘food items’ at Foreign Post Office, Mumbai. The said consignment was consigned to Hyderabad, Telangana.