India, Dec. 27 -- The Bombay high court recently ruled that mixing of contraband samples during seizure, especially in tablet form, does not invalidate the prosecution case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The court observed that such a procedure does not violate the evidence, as per the prescribed law, unless the contraband seized is in the form of powder.

On October 17, 2022, an intelligence note was generated regarding a consignment to be received by a certain Sandeep Himmatlal Pithadia, through courier services, at the Aircargo Complex of International Airport, Mumbai, on October 20, 2022. Pithadia was taken into custody along with two others, after a controlled operation was conducted by the Directora...