In the official documents, the merchant exporter has declared the shipment contains Diclofenac and Gebedol tablets,” said the release.”While the declared item was found in the front-end of the container, detailed examination revealed boxes containing undeclared medicine strips having labels as ‘Tramaking 225’ and ‘Royal-225’, both containing Tramadol Hydrochloride Tablet 225 mg.Neither the strips nor the boxes had any details of the manufacturer,” the release added.A total of around 68 lakh tablets of Tramadol with an international street price of around Rs 110 crores were recovered by the Customs officers during the examination, and follow-up searches are underway at Rajkot, Gandhinagar and Gandhidham, said the release.The synthetic opioid drug is reportedly in high demand in African nations like Nigeria, Ghana, etc.
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