Juhu builder duped of Rs 2.5 crore in ‘drugs in courier’ fraud

A Juhu-based builder lost Rs 2.5 crore in a ‘drugs-in-courier’ cyber fraud where fraudsters posing as CBI and cyber crime police officers threatened to arrest him in a narcotics and extortion case.

The 64-year-old complainant lives in Juhu with his wife and two children. He retired after suffering from a paralysis attack.

According to the complaint registered by him at the cyber crime police station on June 13, he received a phone call on April 4 from the representative of a courier service company informing him that a parcel was sent from Mumbai to Thailand in his name.