The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 7.85 kg of hashish concealed inside the wooden frame of a bathroom mirror shipped from New York to Mumbai through an international courier service. One person was arrested on November 2 in connection with the seizure, officials said.
Acting on specific intelligence, officers of the DRI’s Mumbai Zonal Unit intercepted a suspicious consignment at the International Courier Terminal in Mumbai. The parcel, declared as a framed bathroom wall mirror, was examined for suspected drug concealment.
During the inspection, officers dismantled the wooden frame and recovered eight concealed packets containing 169 smaller packets of a blackish, resinous substance. Preliminary testing using a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) field testing kit returned a positive result for hashish. The recovered substance had a total gross weight of 7.85 kg.
Following the seizure, DRI officials traced the consignee of the parcel and arrested the person on November 2 under the provisions of the NDPS Act, 1985. The agency has not disclosed the identity of the arrested person.
Officials said further investigation is under way to identify others involved in the smuggling operation and establish possible links to domestic and international drug trafficking networks.
Published – November 05, 2026 08:53 am IST
