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Smugglers using courier firms to push in narcotics, officials say

CHENNAI: The CEO of a multi-national company involved in e-publishing was nabbed on Wall Tax Road on Wednesday for the possession of 3.88g of the narcotic cocaine . The seized drug is worth about 20,000 in the local market.Based on a specific tip, Narcotics Control Bureau ( NCB ) officials pounced on Sanjiv Bhatnagar, the 50-year-old head of Jouve India Pvt Ltd, as he was taking delivery of the drug, packed in a parcel, at SMPK Cargo and Courier Services on Wall Tax Road around 3 pm. He was taken into custody along with his driver P Tulasi. Sanjiv was later remanded in judicial custody.Sanjiv, who left his office in the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) campus on Rajiv Gandhi Salai in Taramani around 1.30 pm with his driver did not return to office. Panicked, his wife Akilandeeswari lodged a complaint with the Taramani police. Inquiries revealed that Sanjiv and the driver were in the custody of the NCB.Investigations revealed that Sanjiv, who ordered the cocaine through a website, was getting it from a Bengaluru-based supplier through the courier service for the past one year. “He confessed that the seized drug was for his personal use,” said NCB zonal director Prem Anand Sinha.NCB officials had recently discovered that some drug traffickers, who supply narcotics for rave parties, were setting up bases in the state by joining educational institutions in some capacity and getting involved in various activities, including sports.