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Customs botches up drug parcel probe, trial court acquits two suspects
The New Indian Express
|October 17, 2024
A procedurally botched up attempt by Chennai Customs to have a 'controlled delivery' of a drug parcel ordered from Spain allegedly by two men near Auroville, Puducherry, during the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the acquittal of the accused by a trial court in Chennai last week.
The case pertains to the seizure of 994 tablets of the popular party drug ‘ecstasy' (MDMA) and 249 stamps of LSD by Chennai Air Cargo Customs in July 2021. The parcel had been sent from Spain to a lodge, JMJ motherland, near Auroville.
Following an investigation, customs arrested Rubak Manikandan (29) and Loy Viegus (28) from the address. In an official release then, customs labeled them as 'junkies', based on their appearance.
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