Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 9.139 kg of methamphetamine, valued at an estimated Rs 7.32 crore in the international market, at Bhopal’s Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) on October 20. A Delhi resident was arrested under the NDPS Act. Acting on intelligence, DRI officials intercepted the man travelling on a Delhi-Bengaluru bus. A search of his two trolley bags revealed 11 plastic packets containing a crystalline substance concealed among packets of salwar suits. Field testing confirmed the substance was methamphetamine.

 

Further investigation is underway. Second seizure in six days: This was the DRI’s second drug seizure at Bhopal ISBT in six days. On October 14, officials seized amphetamine worth around Rs 2.08 crore from a woman travelling on a Delhi-Bengaluru bus. Earlier seizures at railway stations: In September, the DRI seized a total of 4.3 kg of amphetamine in separate operations at Bhopal Junction and Rani Kamalapati railway station. An Indian man and a Nigerian woman were arrested in those cases.