Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Dec 31: Police personnel of the central crime branch (CCB) here have unearthed a cartel involved with drugs which came into the country in the form of post parcels from abroad.

The police, with this operation, have laid bare another way through which drugs reached the country from foreign countries. Huge cache of drugs which were sent in the form of gifts on the occasion of New Year was confiscated. Ex-serviceman Ramesh Kumar, officer working in foreign department of Chamarajpet postal division, and employees H Subba, Syed Majeed and security staff Vijay Rajan, were nabbed by the police. They seized MDMA drug tablets and 30 grams of brown sugar from the accused.

The police found out that the accused were involved with this trade since the last six months. The drugs which came in from countries like Denmark and USA were sold to college students and employees of private companies here, they realized during their questioning.

These persons used to serve in the foreign postal department where customs officers too function. In normal course, all parcels coming from foreign countries need to be checked by the customs officers before being delivered to customers. But it is said that Ramesh Kumar used to break open certain parcels before the customs officers came for verification, and handed them over to Syed. Viay Rajan and others used to sell the drugs to people known to them, and the four accused used to share the profit, the police said.