NCB appeals against freeing three in export of anti-anxiety drug case
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam|December 19, 2024
THE Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has moved the Madras High Court challenging a recent acquittal of three persons by a Chennai trial court in a 2004 case of export of anti-anxiety drugs to the US.
SIDDHARTH PRABHAKAR @Chennai

In its appeal, a copy of which is with TNIE, the central agency contended that the court had failed to note that the accused were prosecuted not for possession of psychotropic substances, but for illegal export without proper valid medical prescription. NCB also pointed out that a bogus and fabricated prescription issued by Dr. Allen of US had been seized from one of the accused.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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