Mumbai: Customs Department Arrests 41-Year-Old Palghar Resident For Receiving Smuggled Methaqualone Drugs Via Foreign Post

Mumbai: A 41-year-old Palghar resident, PJ Mathew, was arrested by the Customs department on Tuesday for allegedly receiving a smuggled consignment of Methaqualone drugs through foreign post. The Customs believe payment was made through the darknet.

According to the sources, Customs officials intercepted a parcel addressed to Mathew through the Foreign Post Office, Mumbai, on November 8, and found 133 grams of Methaqualone. The Customs department carried out a controlled delivery, wherein a dummy parcel was handed over to Mathew through a postman. On being identified, he was arrested, and confessed.