[2017-05-06] HT: US student visa, bitcoins, darknet

US student visa, bitcoins, darknet: Here’s how 5 men fooled airport scanners, smuggled LSD worth ₹70 lakh into Mumbai

http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/us-student-visa-bitcoins-darknet-here-s-how-5-men-fooled-airport-scanners-smuggled-lsd-worth-70-lakh-into-mumbai/story-EOUqreSsqOjW7EX6p1VVVI.html

A US student visa, some bitcoins and the darknet — a combination of these helped five men smuggle lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) drug worth Rs70 lakh into India from Europe multiple times, said officials from the anti-narcotics cell (ANC).

In March, police arrested Arbaaz Taj Mohammad Khan, 20; Farhan Ali Khan, 26; Admay Samir Modi, 22; Chirag Jain, 24; and Laxman alias Nikhil Rajan, 24, for supplying LSD to college students at pubs and rave parties. Acting on a tip-off, the ANC’s Kandivli unit nabbed the five near Infinity Mall in Malad (East). Police found 1,400 LSD blot papers, each costing Rs5,000, in their pockets. They were held under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.