5 Chinese Men Arrested In Kolkata With Party Drugs Worth Rs 40 Crore

Kolkata | Monday | 2nd July, 2018

Summary:

(Representational)The five Chinese men arrested with illegal drugs worth Rs 40 crore on Saturday were frequent visitors to India and efforts are on to find out the scheduled destination of the seized drugs, a CID official said. Five mobile phones, several SIM cards both Indian and Chinese, and 60 debit cards were also seized from their possession, the officer said. The five Chinese nationals were arrested from outside Kolkata station, a terminal railway station in the city, after the GRP seized 197 kg amphetamine tablets, stated to be an expensive party drug, from them. The detectives were facing problem in communicating with the Chinese nationals who spoke broken English, he said adding that the CID was trying to use an interpreter. The drugs were found in silver plastic packets..