India, May 1 -- The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal unit has sought information from the Netherlands authorities via diplomatic channels on the controllers of an international drug trafficking syndicate suspected of being operated from there. The concerned syndicate allegedly specialises in sending consignments of banned psychotropic substances, including MDMA and ecstasy tablets, to India illegally via concealment, sources said.

The agency has been probing this since last October after a total of 4,970 MDMA/ecstasy tablets, also known by its street name of 'molly', weighing 2.17 kilograms worth Rs.2 crore were seized by the NCB on October 19. The parcel was seized at the Mumbai Foreign Post Office. When the parcel was opened...