Suspected mephedrone-type compound seized at airport

Officers at Stansted Airport, Essex, seized 103kg in five packets labelled as methylone, a compound similar to the drug ministers hope to ban by April 16.
Tests will now take place on the substance, which had been bound for London and arrived from Mumbai, India.
No charges will be brought because the packets were sent before the ban.
Home Secretary Alan Johnson banned the importation of mephedrone and similar derivatives on Monday.
The move came after the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs recommended they be declared illegal and categorized as Class B drugs, the same group as cannabis and amphetamines.
The UK Border Agency said the exporter made no attempt to conceal the contents of the seized packages.
01/04/10 BBC News, UK

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