This Article is From May 12, 2020

Drug Traffickers Using COVID-19 PPE Consignments To Hide Contraband: CBI

The CBI has received inputs from the Interpol that drug-traffickers are taking advantage of the pandemic scenario to conceal their possible shipments in protective equipment consignments.

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CBI Alerts State Agencies About Drug-Trafficking Using COVID-19 PPE Consignments.(Representational)

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.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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