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鈥楽mart pills鈥 not so smart for smuggler

A MAN who bought Indian 鈥渟mart pills鈥 online to help him with his work and studies has been arrested for smuggling drugs, Hongkou District People鈥檚 Procuratorate said.

The pills were identified as modafinil, a stimulant which is a strictly controlled psychotropic substance.

Prosecutors said that on July 15 the city鈥檚 postal department found a suspicious parcel mailed from India. When police went to the address on the parcel, they found a man surnamed Shi with two boxes of drugs.

Shi told police they were nootropics (drugs to improve mental performance) he bought from a daigou (an overseas shopper who buys foreign products for domestic customers) in India online for 700 yuan (US$98).

Shi said he was a financial analyst under great stress and was preparing for exams. Prosecutors said Shi had taken modafini before and a hospital report indicated he was addicted.


 

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