Indian Army officer caught with narcotics at IGI aiport

[rashtriya.rifles]

India charges export tax.

hats off to this genius..

They should legalize weed, it's far less addictive and does far less harm than tobacco.

makes your mind slow vis a vis normal person's analytical skills

 

[janon]

The example was to show "reasonable assumption" is not reasonable. Too bad you did not get it.

Term "Narcotic" is usually used for opiates.

The officer was carrying large quantities of generic medicines for treating cold, to a hilly region during winter, and suddenly for the uninformed (practically whole of India/World) he is labeled as a drug courier. I guess he guilty until proven innocent.

No he isn't. He will be given a fair trial, where the Prosecution will have to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. If they fail to do that, he will go scot free. That's how the legal system works. It's the opposite of guilty until proven innocent. It's the other way round. He doesn't even have to open his mouth - it's the prosecution's job to prove guilt, not his job to prove innocence. Innocent until proven guilty.

He wasn't carrying generic medicine - he was carrying a particular substance used in the manufacture of medicines. In large quantities. If he was actually supplying it to a medicine manufacturer, he will be able to prove that easily. The "reasonable assumption" I told you about is so reasonable that it is used the world over - try going to an airport anywhere in the world with a bag full of pseudo-ephedrine, and see what will happen to you. Whether it is the customs in India, or the DEA in the US, you will be arrested. Internationally it is a schedule 1 substance, and almost all countries in the UN are signatory to the laws regarding its possession and trafficking.

If you want to believe that the entire world is "uninformed" and you aren't, that's up to you. I would suggest you learn something about these laws and the rationale behind them before calling others uninformed. Do you think it is possible - just maybe - that you are unjinformed, and the rest of the world isn't? How is that for a possibility?

 

[LaBong]

makes your mind slow vis a vis normal person's analytical skills

Well people wouldn't be sitting JEE while on dope.

 

[zaxcollix]

1. CISF found large stock of 'tablets' in the luggage. Its safe to assume they were medicines not 'bundles of chemicals'

2. This was a national flight connecting to Aizawl (capital of Mizoram), not international.

3. Uninformed about pseudoephedrine and their use and availability in India, not international law.

4. This is Indian court, not US. Here you get arrested for facebook postings and courts find you guilty.

 

[janon]

1. CISF found large stock of 'tablets' in the luggage. Its safe to assume they were medicines not 'bundles of chemicals'

2. This was a national flight connecting to Aizawl (capital of Mizoram), not international.

3. Uninformed about pseudoephedrine and their use and availability in India, not international law.

4. This is Indian court, not US. Here you get arrested for facebook postings and courts find you guilty.

1) Pure pseudo-eph is not sold in tablet form, only the medicines are, and those med tablets usually contain only milligrams of pseu. CISF isn't stupid.

2) It doesn't matter what flight you are boarding. If you are carrying pseu in pure form in large quantities, you will be arrested, no matter what your destination. The reason is that it is not just trafficking it that is illegal, even possession is. It is not just international people that need to be protected from hard drugs, but Indians too.

3) It is not just international law, but Indian laws also make it illegal to possess pseu. Read the narcotic substances act. (Whether you choose to call it a narcotic or not, it is clearly mentioned in the law that pseu is illegal to possess.) And we won't sign an international law if it contradicts Indian laws.

4) Sometimes that happens. But when it happens, the courts throw away the cases, and the officers who made the arrest end up in trouble. Currently both the officers who arrsetd the girl have been suspended from the force, and pending investigation, they will be disciplined or dismissed or even arrested themselves. Aberrations occur, but by and large, everybody gets a chance to be judged by an independent judiciary. This person will also be given that chance. By the way, the courts DID NOT find the girls guilty of anything. They dismissed the case outright, and the supreme court came down heavily on the police for what they did. The girls are free, the policemen who arrested them aren't. All is well in India.

 

[zaxcollix]

For the LAST TIME pseudoephedrine come under generic drugs in India and are sold over the counter. To give you and example, Ranbaxy sells loratadine, 1 tablet of which contains 240 mg of pseudoephedrine sulfate. This is a generic drug sold over the counter.

Rest of the post is about Law and its implementation in India. If you are naive enough to believe what you have written ..there is nothing more to say.

 

[janon]

For the LAST TIME pseudoephedrine come under generic drugs in India and are sold over the counter. To give you and example, Ranbaxy sells loratadine, 1 tablet of which contains 240 mg of pseudoephedrine sulfate. This is a generic drug sold over the counter.

Rest of the post is about Law and its implementation in India. If you are naive enough to believe what you have written ..there is nothing more to say.

Pseudoephedrine is NOT an over the counter drug. It is a small component in certain over the counter medicines. Can't keep repeating.

And yes, I believe everything I wrote about how the legal system in India works, and you know it's true. You are right that there is nothing more to say.