Traders' body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has demanded the Central government and the National Crime Bureau (NCB) to take immediate action against e-commerce giant Amazon for the alleged use of its platform to sell marijuana.
According to reports, the MP Police busted an interstate drug peddling gang that was using Amazon’s website for moving more than 1,000 kg of marijuana from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to three states.
CAIT has demanded the police authorities of Madhya Pradesh to take strictest action against the e-commerce giant under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC) and immediately arrest the persons responsible for the operation and management of Amazon.in India.
The state police also raided an Amazon warehouse in Gwalior where more than 380 packets of marijuana were camouflaged as curry leaves. CAIT alleged that Amazon was earning a commission of 66 percent by selling marijuana worth more than Rs. 1 crore.
“Before registering a seller, Amazon ought to have done KYC to know about the genuineness and credibility of the seller. Further, Amazon ought not to have allowed the sale of illegal items like Marijuana,” CAIT National President B. C. Bhatia & Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said in the statement.
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