Drugs hidden in gloves, thigh pads seized
The Hindu
The consignment was headed for New Zealand, says NCB
Officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have seized amphetamine concealed in cricket batting gloves and thigh pads from a courier shipment headed for New Zealand. Two drug peddlers were arrested in connection with the offence. Based on specific information, officers of the NCB, Chennai zonal unit, seized 990 g of amphetamine from a courier at Guindy recently. The consignment, containing four numbers each of cricket batting gloves and thigh pads, was on its way to Auckland, New Zealand. On close inspection of the thigh pads, the NCB officers grew suspicious. They found drugs hidden in the pads. The extraction and testing of the hidden material revealed that it was amphetamine, a very potent stimulant.
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