The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday said it has seized 2.7 kg of curated marijuana from Delhi and arrested a Lucknow-based man. The drug, ‘premium quality’ marijuana was concealed in an air compressor.
According to K P S Malhotra, the Deputy Director, NCB, the drug was to be collected by C Gidwani, who was apprehended by the agency on September 18.
“:The consignee (Gidwani) made the payment through bitcoins and came in contact with the US-based consignor through the latter's Instagram ID. The man admitted that he used to import such parcels on regular basis for the last one-and-a-half year for himself and his friends,” said the Deputy Director.
“He used to order drugs from the USA through Instagram or Wickr and the payments were made through bitcoins. A total of 2.7 kg of bud has been seized and the best quality of this narcotics is sold at the rate of about Rs 5,000 per gram,” the deputy director added. “The accused also revealed that he used to get charas and marijuana from Delhi and Bengaluru-based suppliers,” said Malhotra.
Marijuana is derived from the cannabis plant. “The recent seizures of curated marijuana show that the THC content in these contrabands is higher than the contrabands seized earlier,” said Malhotra.