DRI seizes narcotics worth crores of rupees

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized huge quantity of Tramadol, a psychotropic substance, worth crores of rupees from a factory in Palghar near here.

Tramadol, a painkiller, is abused all over the world by drug addicts.

India recently brought the drug within the ambit of the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, making its production and sell without the approval of the Central Bureau of Narcotics, Gwalior, illegal