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 Chemy
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 Online drug vendors busted
#7935856 - 01/26/08 03:47 PM (8 months, 10 days ago) |
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Online racket in drugs busted
V.S. Palaniappan and S. Vijay Kumar
Coimbatore-based firm exported them to US, UK
Drugs listed under Schedule-I of NDPS Act
COIMBATORE/MADURAI: In a significant breakthrough, Narcotics Control Bureau sleuths on Saturday busted an unlicensed drug racket in Coimbatore that had been allegedly exporting drugs/psychotropic substances using online contacts to various countries since 2005.
Acting on a tip-off from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), United States, a team led by the NCB Director (South Zone), S. Davidson Devasirvatham, conducted a storming operation on the branch office of a New York-based company at Peelamedupudur that was engaged in online drug trading. Company president T. Seethapathy settled in New York, was under the scanner of the DEA. Branch Manager D. Ramakrishnan was taken into custody.
According to NCB sources, the modus operandi of the suspects was to obtain orders for drugs from foreigners, mostly in the US, United Kingdom and some European countries. The bulk orders would be sourced from two pharmacies in Coimbatore without prescriptions.
The well-packed drugs would be sent to respective destinations as airmail parcels. “The trade did not have the approval of the Narcotics Commissioner, Gwalior. It is also in violation of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and rules. The drugs included those listed under Schedule-I of the NDPS Act,” Mr. Davidson told The Hindu. The company had registered with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for trading in consumer items, whereas it was trading in drugs.
The credit card swipes for transactions made through a website were routed through a bank account in Coimbatore. The firm that had been operating since 2005 registered a turnover of over Rs. 2 crore. NCB officials are trying to identify the supply and distribution channel, besides gathering information on “beneficiaries” residing overseas. After securing the drugs locally, the firm used to sell them for 300-400 per cent profit, investigators perusing the transaction particulars pointed out.
It is not clear how the suspects managed to get the airmail parcels cleared by the Customs at the Chennai and Mumbai international airports. The consignments were usually booked at the Railway Mail Service and Speedpost Centre, Coimbatore. Some common drugs exported were ‘Alprazolam,’ ‘Ativan’ and ‘Nitrosun.’
The NCB headquarters in New Delhi was coordinating with the DEA. A special team was formed to investigate the case, the NCB sources said.
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/27/stories/2008012755820100.htm
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Re: Online drug vendors busted [Re: Chemy]
#7936619 - 01/26/08 06:37 PM (8 months, 10 days ago) |
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Interesting article, but unfortunately lacking on many important details.
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Re: Online drug vendors busted [Re: Ojom]
#7936907 - 01/26/08 07:29 PM (8 months, 10 days ago) |
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Thank god it wasn't the MOMs.
Long live the MOMs!
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My business is so lucrative that I can afford to have a Patek Philippe watch and a chipmunk that I named squirrel.
Send me an invite code, by the way, I've got some vendors I need to bitch about.
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Re: Online drug vendors busted [Re: kidaihuan]
#7938751 - 01/27/08 01:04 AM (8 months, 9 days ago) |
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who are the MOMs? 
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Re: Online drug vendors busted [Re: sonicnirvana]
#7938810 - 01/27/08 01:21 AM (8 months, 9 days ago) |
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Quote:
sonicnirvana said:
who are the MOMs?
Mail Order Mariju.... and Mail Order Mushro...
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My business is so lucrative that I can afford to have a Patek Philippe watch and a chipmunk that I named squirrel.
Send me an invite code, by the way, I've got some vendors I need to bitch about.
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Re: Online drug vendors busted [Re: kidaihuan]
#7940844 - 01/27/08 03:17 PM (8 months, 9 days ago) |
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Overseas transactions of pharmacies come under scanner
S. Vijay Kumar
MADURAI: The Narcotics Control Bureau has formed a technical team to monitor overseas transactions of pharmacies in the southern States. The agency has alerted the Drug Controller, Tamil Nadu, on pharmacies suspected to be involved in unlicensed export of drugs.
Information on export of restricted drugs was passed on to the NCB headquarters in New Delhi by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
Hours after busting a Coimbatore-based racket that allegedly exported drugs listed under Schedule-I of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act to foreign countries, investigators have sought to freeze the accounts of the company in a private bank.
“The records of two pharmacies in Coimbatore will be seized for verification of drug supply. We will investigate how the drug consignments booked as airmail parcels at the Railway Mail Service passed through the Customs and other security systems at the Chennai and Mumbai international airports,” NCB (South Zone) Director, S. Davidson Devasirvatham, told The Hindu on Sunday.
Similar network
He said Customs officials had unearthed a similar network at the Chennai airport during September 2007.
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/28/stories/2008012854040400.htm
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Re: Online drug vendors busted [Re: kidaihuan]
#7943188 - 01/27/08 10:47 PM (8 months, 8 days ago) |
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Quote:
kidaihuan said:
Quote:
sonicnirvana said:
who are the MOMs?
Mail Order Mariju.... and Mail Order Mushro...
for serious? they have those?
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WIN MORE THAN 600 PS. CUBENSIS SPORE PRINTS!!!! VARIOUS STRAINS!!!!
JUST PM WITH ME THE CORRECT ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS:
1. Which student seems to be sleepy?
2. Which boys are twins?
3. Which girls are twins?
4. How many women can you see in the picture?
5. Which one of them is the teacher?
(see pic)
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2/54133070xy0.png
RIP GOOD DOCTOR
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