During a campaign to dispose of the unclaimed parcels, about 500 parcels were found to have been left unclaimed at the Foreign Post Office (FPO) in Ahmedabad’s Shahibaug.

As the Customs department began disposing of these parcels, they were revealed to have contained narcotics, pornographic material, and sex toys, to the shock of the officials.

According to the information given by the Customs Department officials, the Customs Department has found that there are about 500 parcels that no one has come to collect and there is no address or name of the sender on the parcel. All these parcels are being opened and examined. Sex toys, drugs, pornographic material are being found inside many of these parcels.

As per the department, strict and serious action will be taken for the parcels containing drugs, whereas cases will also be registered for the parcels containing pornographic materials and sex toys as well.

Notably, Gujarat amounts for the highest number of seizure of sex toys in the country, with 40% of sex toys seized in India coming from the state.

According to reports, Customs officials seized 165 sex toys in 2022, 270 sex toys in 2023, and 165 sex toys in 2024 from the FPO.

The Customs Act bans sale of ‘obscene materials’, so sex toys are imported in baggage, parcels and containers from the US, UK and other countries.

As much as 90% of sex toys seized from the FPO are imported from the US and 10% from the UK.