Every day new cases of drugs are being reported in Karnataka. The Narcotics Control Bureau in Bengaluru has caught four members of a drug syndicate following a detailed investigation of a parcel that was sent to India from the Netherlands in July this year. Apart from selling these drugs all over the country online, the involved also used to sell the narcotics to college students in Udupi, Karnataka, the central agency stated. After catching the parcel in July, the NCB had, at the time, took in seizure 750 MDMA tablets which were ordered through the dark web. The payment for the same was made with bitcoins.

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In a press note, the NCB stated, “On the basis of specific information the NCB BZU had seized a parcel destined to India from the Netherlands on 30/07/2020 from the foreign post office. The said parcel was found to contain 750 tablets (142 gms) of MDMA. There was no address mentioned of the consignee on the parcel. Thus, detailed technical analysis with manual intelligence was carried out. On 24/09/2020, the detailed investigation in the case with the help of digital analysis led NCB team to the arrest of all the syndicate members.”

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The apprehended have been identified as consignee K Pramodh, mastermind Fahim and their associates, A Hashir and SS Shetty.  The NCB said Fahim had learned the concept of purchasing drugs online on the darknet after watching a web series. He began buying bitcoins and used them to order drugs from the darknet. “Fahim used to deliver consignment at various addresses in India and thereafter collect from there. He further sold the drugs to students of various colleges in Udupi. Further investigations of the forward linkages are underway,” the NCB said.

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