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CBI alerts state agencies about narco-trafficking using PPE consignments

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

The CBI has alerted state police and central agencies about possibility of narco-traffickers using consignments of COVID-19 protective equipment to conceal their contraband after an Interpol input in this regard, officials said Tuesday.

The central agency has received inputs from the Interpol that international drug-traffickers are taking advantage of the pandemic scenario to conceal their possible shipments in protective equipment consignments, they said. PTI ABS.

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First Published: May 12 2020 | 6:00 PM IST

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