Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) officers inspect a packet of suspected white powder concealed inside an auto-rickshaw as the driver looks on during an investigation
Akash Chunara, 28, was cleaning his autorickshaw near Navapura Crossroads on Shantidham Jain Tirth Road around 3.30pm when he noticed a cloth-wrapped packet hidden between the yellow hood and a wooden panel behind the right side of the rear seat, according to a complaint filed with the Detection of Crime Branch police. Police estimated the value of the mephedrone at Rs 55,980 and collected samples for detailed forensic analysis.
He told investigators that he did not know who had placed the packet in the vehicle or when it had been left there. Police said no other contraband was found during the search of the vehicle or the driver. Suspicious about its contents, Chunara examined the packet and found a white powder inside. Believing it could be a narcotic substance, he informed a crime branch constable through a WhatsApp call. A crime branch team, accompanied by panch witnesses and a photographer, reached the spot and inspected the autorickshaw.
Ahmedabad : A suspected narcotics ‘dead drop’ was uncovered in Vatva on Saturday evening after an autorickshaw driver found a concealed packet containing a white powder while cleaning his vehicle and alerted the Ahmedabad Crime Branch.
Drug Seizure Involves Mephedrone Discovery
A narcotics detection kit test by a forensic science laboratory (FSL) officer has confirmed that a seized substance is mephedrone. The drug weighed 18.6 grams. Investigators believe the packet may have been placed as a ‘dead drop,’ a tactic for hiding illegal items at a specific location for later retrieval by another individual.
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