Hyderabad: Man held in internet pharmacy racket, Rs 3.17 crore cash seized by Narcotics Control Bureau

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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said that the agency arrested a Hyderabad-based man and seized Rs 3.71 crore cash after busting an illegal Internet pharmacy racket that was allegedly involved in the diversion of pharma drugs from India to the USA.

Based on the information, the house and office premises of the kingpin of the internet pharmacy group located in Hyderabad city were searched by Hyderabad Sub Zone of NCB. Further in the matter, several laptops, mobile phones and other electronic gadgets were used to operate the illegal internet pharmacy were also seized. Hyderabad NCB has registered a case against the accused.

Investigation revealed that the employees of the internet pharmacy contacted the customers in the USA and some other countries through emails and VoIP calls and offered them various pharma drugs including those covered under NDPS Act for recreational use.

According to an official statement issued by NCB, once customers agreed upon their offer on product and its price, the employees collected the details of the customers including customers names, shipping addresses, email ids etc. and shared the links for payments.

It further said, based on the preferences of the customers, multiple payment options were offered by the company, the customers were sent options including account transfers, credit card, Paypal, Bitcoins etc. On confirmation, the organisation used to illicitly divert and dispatch pharma drugs to the customers in the USA and other countries. Further investigation in the matter are underway.

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