In Assam, the NCB breaks a global narcotics ring and detains seven individuals with 110 kg of pseudoephedrine pills

With the arrest of seven individuals, the Narcotics Control Bureau of Guwahati and Imphal has effectively brought to an end a global precursor trafficking network—a network of individuals who traffic in the chemicals required in the production of narcotics.
According to bureau authorities, this involves the illicit trafficking of pseudoephedrine from India to Myanmar.

During the operation, 110.5 kg of tablet-form pseudoephedrine were found.

In a news release, NCB said that Md Abdul Wakil, the network’s principal operator and a Jamia Millia Islamia graduate with an MBA, had been captured.

He used a business-to-business (B2B) portal to traffic pseudoephedrine, demonstrating his notable IT prowess.

 

He made contact with Bhadresh Patel of Recover Healthcare in Ahmedabad through “Tradeindia” and obtained 1500 packs of Phifed tablets containing pseudoephedrine HCl using a forged authorisation made in the name of Elite Medical Store in Aizawl.

The officer said, “Of the 1500 packages of pseudoephedrine he received, 533 packets (110.5 kg) were seized.

Nitin Kumar Panchal and Anilbhai Nayaka, two Recover Healthcare workers who were in charge of making orders for pseudoephedrine and participating in the false labeling of the goods, have also been detained.

Bhadresh Patel, the proprietor of Recover Healthcare in Ahmedabad who was subsequently detained, has been named as the mastermind behind the diversion of pseudoephedrine.

Further based on the statement of the accused, an investigation was carried out against Ardor Drugs Pvt Ltd, a pharmaceutical company based in Songadh, Tapi, Gujarat and it was found that Ardor Drugs Pvt Ltd supplied Phifed tablets without any label or marking and using bogus billing which indicates the only motive of diversion, later on, all the said packets of Phifed tablets were marked and labelled of Citrizine HCl 10 mg (Levocet) which contains non NDPS ingredients.

 

 

The NCB team arrested Harshal Desai, Director of Ardor Drugs Pvt. Ltd., and Mehul Desai, Ex-Director of Ardor Drugs Pvt. Ltd. in accordance with the NBW that the Honorable Court had issued. Mehul and Harshal Desai are both being tried for identical offenses after being charged by DRI Surat.

 

Several fake labels were found by NCB during the raid on a number of locations, including offices, godowns, and homes.

 

Fake labels for “Levocet” by Sun View Biotech and “Colzen” by Zenith Pharma are among them. It is important to note that 1.3 million “Colzen” tablets were earlier found in Myanmar, demonstrating the network’s global scope.