Greek held in Delhi with LSD and hashish worth `15 lakh
RARE HAUL LSD to be peddled across NCR seized in first case in five years
NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old Greek man was arrested with a substantial amount of popular hallucinogenic drug LSD and hashish, estimated to be worth `15 lakh in the international drug market, the crime branch said.
The consignment of LSD that Emmanouil Chatzakis from the Greek town of Sitia was carrying happens to be the first of its kind to be seized in Delhi in half a decade, said Ravindra Yadav, additional commissioner of police (crime).
“Chatzakis was intercepted at the New Delhi railway station by Inspector Sanjay Gade and his team based on a specific tip-off. Around 140, fine-quality LSD paper stamps in addition to 250 A popular hallucinogen credited with fuelling the ‘Flower children’ of the 60s and the early 70s across the world Celebrities across the world, including the Beatles, have admitted having partaken it for recreational use Is considered quintessential to the electronica-cum-techno-fuelled ‘rave’ party scene
gm of hashish were recovered from him,” said additional CP Yadav.
On sustained interrogation, Chatzakis allegedly revealed that he had come to India in November, 2013. He had stayed at a well-known ashram in Andhra Pradesh for two months. popularised in underground Europe before finding its way to Goa on Indian shores
Its physiological effects can cause pupil dilation, reduced or increased appetite, and wakefulness
Psychologically, effects may include an experience of radiant colors, objects and surfaces appearing to ripple or “breathe”
The crime branch said, he claimed to have travelled to Nepal before going to Kasol in Himachal Pradesh.
“Here, he exchanged some LSD paper stamps which he had brought from Greece for hashish, in accordance with the barter system of recreational drug-use that is in effect there,” additional CP Yadav said.
The police said Chatzakis had come to Delhi on February 20 and was supposed to deliver LSD to different buyers based in the national capital region (NCR) before being intercepted and caught by the police team.
“While the hashish is supposedly worth `1 lakh in the drug market, the LSD which he was supposed to peddle could have fetched around `14 lakh,” Yadav added.
A popular hallucinogen, LSD had allegedly been used by NRI student Anmol Sarna and his friends at a house party in Kalkaji in September last year. Sarna, allegedly under the psychological effects of the drug, had lost control over himself and died mysteriously. Sunday saw the commencement of the dismantling of the
Sirhaul toll plaza structure on the DelhiGurgaon Expressway. However, a few lanes on the side will be retained to enable the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to collect entry tax from commercial vehicles. According to sources in the National Highways Authority of India
(NHAI), the former concessionaire, DGSCL, was ordered by Delhi High Court on February 19 to dismantle the plaza. The split toll plaza that earlier had two feeding lanes that flared into seven booths will now be fed by four lanes secured by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. HTC