KOLKATA: The city, lengthy observed as a traditional drug transit level, is slowly emerging as a fledgling market for costly party medicine. Acting on data provided via drug peddler Sk Shafique, who is now in police custody, the narcotics mobile of Kolkata Police on Friday seized 140g of hash oil and 30g of charas from a space on Alimuddin Street.
Shafique was arrested closing week from the airport whilst trying to flee to Jaipur. He’s one of the crucial eight individuals nabbed recently via the detective department on charges of purchasing, stocking and selling new age party medicine like LSD and MDMA to scholars and IT execs in the Park Street and New Town spaces.
Hash oil, claimed police resources, is a party drug widely utilized in Bengaluru and Delhi. The overall price of the sticky substance, which is a mix of cannabis and a number of other life-threatening chemical substances, is estimated to cost round Rs 49,000. Hash oil, sold in cartridges, are also utilized by pen vaporizers to discreetly smoke in public.
“This oil is typically spread on a cigarette paper and smoked in rave parties. It sends an addict to a two-hour trance. It is comparatively less costly and thus very talked-about amongst scholars,” claimed a police source.
This 12 months, Kolkata Police has recovered 16.3g of MDMA and the NCB some other 13.5g, but even so 9 pills of Ecstasy. “This is far more seizure in the city than in the past five years. The causes are easy — the cost of 1g of cocaine has long past as much as Rs 10,000 as compared to LSD (that comes at Rs three,000/g) and MDMA (Rs 6,000/g). The drug also provides a prime inside of 45 minutes. We need to curtail these party medicine if we're making plans to stop youths from getting attracted to rave parties,” said an officer.
Shafique was arrested closing week from the airport whilst trying to flee to Jaipur. He’s one of the crucial eight individuals nabbed recently via the detective department on charges of purchasing, stocking and selling new age party medicine like LSD and MDMA to scholars and IT execs in the Park Street and New Town spaces.
Hash oil, claimed police resources, is a party drug widely utilized in Bengaluru and Delhi. The overall price of the sticky substance, which is a mix of cannabis and a number of other life-threatening chemical substances, is estimated to cost round Rs 49,000. Hash oil, sold in cartridges, are also utilized by pen vaporizers to discreetly smoke in public.
“This oil is typically spread on a cigarette paper and smoked in rave parties. It sends an addict to a two-hour trance. It is comparatively less costly and thus very talked-about amongst scholars,” claimed a police source.
This 12 months, Kolkata Police has recovered 16.3g of MDMA and the NCB some other 13.5g, but even so 9 pills of Ecstasy. “This is far more seizure in the city than in the past five years. The causes are easy — the cost of 1g of cocaine has long past as much as Rs 10,000 as compared to LSD (that comes at Rs three,000/g) and MDMA (Rs 6,000/g). The drug also provides a prime inside of 45 minutes. We need to curtail these party medicine if we're making plans to stop youths from getting attracted to rave parties,” said an officer.
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