NCB seizes over 20 kg Ketamine; stumbles on red sanders

Narcotics Control Bureau has seized 20.650 kg of Ketamine, a psychotropic substance, worth about Rs four crore in the illegal market and arrested two men.
The NCB, which conducted raids to seize the contraband, also stumbled on 100 kg of Red sanders logs and handed it over to local police.
Based on a tip-off that Ketamine was being smuggled to Bangkok from here via Kolkatta, NCB sleuths apprehended Siccandar Ali at the airport yesterday and seized 9.8 kg of Ketamine concealed in a ladies' bag, an NCB press note said.
During questioning, Ali, a native of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu, disclosed that the remaining narcotic was hidden in a house of his associates.

A team immediately rushed there and carried out a raid with the help of local police and seized 10.850 kg of ketamine, as also red sanders and arrested one more man Md. Saddam Hussain, a local resident, the note said
NCB officials found that the house was being used as a centre for packing and concealing drugs.
Investigators are also ascertaining if there is any link between the seizure of 4.900 kg of Ketamine at the airport early this month. It was seized from one Shah Jahan and was to be sent to Malaysia.