Drone, steroid and blank pistols worth over Rs one crore illegally imported from abroad have been seized by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials from foreign post office here.
The officers of Delhi Zonal Unit of the DRI visited the foreign post office, yesterday and intercepted several parcels, which were booked from various countries.
During the examination, the DRI team found one parcel booked from France containing eight blank fire pistols (Bruni 96, Bruni 92 and New Police make and made in Italy) booked as blanc toys. Blank guns make same sound of fire and show flash as original ones.
"A few parcels booked from Bangkok and the US contained performance enhancing steroid injections namely Jintropin, Igtropin, Hygetropin, Winstrol, Equipoise etc. Misdeclared as vests, shakers and sports supplements," a press release issued today by the DRI said.
One parcel from Singapore contained one Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, popularly called drone (DJI Phantom 4) and another one contained electronic items, it said.
"These goods being prohibited/restricted goods were deliberately mis-declared to facilitate clearance. The tentative value of these smuggled banned/restricted goods is more than Rs one crore. Further investigation is in progress," the release said.
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