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4. On 06.10.2022 and 07.10.2022, upon opening the said container and segregating the cartons, officers allegedly recovered fifty brick-shaped white packets concealed within cartons of green apples (pears) that were intermixed with the declared consignment of pears. On weighment, these packets were found to weigh approximately 50.232 kilograms. Field testing indicated the presence of cocaine. The contraband was seized under a panchnama dated 06.10.2022 and 07.10.2022.

5. Statements of the respondent came to be recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act wherein it is alleged that he admitted to ordering the consignment from a South African supplier, to having imported the goods using the Import Export Code of his firm, and for supervising the clearance and delivery operations through his logistics handlers. The Directorate further alleges that he identified one Mansoor Thachaparamban as his overseas collaborator who arranged the shipments and that the respondent described the commercial arrangement and coordination undertaken for the consignments.