Ahmedabad, March 10 || The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two more individuals and seized 22 kg of etomidate as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged racket exporting the anaesthetic drug abroad under false labels through air cargo from Mumbai, officials said on Tuesday.
Providing the details, officials said the case was initially registered on March 7 after investigators received intelligence that consignments of etomidate powder were being exported to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries by misdeclaring them as other products and using forged documentation.
According to the ATS, the shipments were falsely labelled as “aloe vera powder” and “Ginopol-24 powder”, with fake invoices and forged customs clearance papers prepared to facilitate export through Mumbai airport.