Chennai: Officials of the Chennai Air Customs have seized three postal parcels–one containing 53 MDMA tablets and the other two parcels 815 grams of ganja, at the Foreign Post Office here.
A press release from the Office of the Commissioner of Customs said the first parcel arrived from Netherlands and was addressed to a Chennai-based person.
On opening the parcel, 53 blue colour tablets suspected to be MDMA (21grams) were found.
In another case, two parcels arrived from USA and was addressed to Vijaywad, and Chennai based persons. On examination, 815 grams of ganja was found concealed inside the parcels.
Totally, 53 blue colour tablets of MDMA and 815 grams of ganja, totally valued at Rs 2.67 lakhs were seized from three postal parcels under provisions of NDPS Act, 1985, read with the Customs Act, 1962. Further investigation is in progress.