Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah praised the Narcotics Management Bureau (NCB) for busting an alleged drug trafficking syndicate in Mumbai on Friday, aligning with the Union Authorities’s zero-tolerance coverage in opposition to narcotics.
In a submit on X (previously Twitter), Amit Shah hailed the success of the operation, stating, “A serious breakthrough in Mumbai in seizing very high-grade cocaine, ganja, and hashish gummies and arresting 4 folks. It’s a testomony to the success of the top-to-bottom strategy to investigation adopted to make PM Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient for a drug-free India a actuality.”
NCB’s Huge Seizure In Mumbai
Earlier within the day, the NCB-Mumbai zonal unit confirmed the arrest of 4 folks and the seizure of 11.540 Kgs of high-quality cocaine, 4.9 Kgs of hybrid pressure of Hydroponic weed, 5.5 Kgs of hashish on January 31, 2025, busting an alleged drug syndicate working in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The company stated that the 4 folks arrested had been nameless to one another, utilizing pseudo-names to converse day-to-day for drug dealing.
“In pursuance of PM Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of Drug-Free India (Nasha Mukt Bharat) and performing upon the Union Dwelling Minister’s directives, in a serious breakthrough, in opposition to the drug trafficking syndicates working in India and particularly in Mumbai, the Narcotics Management Bureau Mumbai Zonal Unit busted a serious drug syndicate in Mumbai,” learn an announcement by the anti-narcotics company right now.
The company arrested and seized the medication based mostly on leads of one other drug bust of 200 grams of cocaine in January 2025.
“This seizure was a results of a concerted effort made by the group NCB Mumbai on the leads developed throughout a current earlier seizure of 200 gms Cocaine within the month of January 2025. After engaged on the leads generated on this case and thru technical and human intelligence, the NCB MZU was lastly in a position to attain the supply of the contraband,” the assertion added.
Based on the NCB, the medication had been going to be despatched to Australia, and within the meantime, the majority amount of the medication was being hid in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
“Investigation performed to this point revealed that this syndicate is being operated by a gaggle of individuals based mostly overseas and a few portions of the seized contraband had been sourced from the USA to Mumbai and being despatched to a number of receivers in India and overseas by means of courier/small cargo providers and human carriers,” NCB’s assertion learn.
Additional investigations are underway to establish the linkages of the alleged drug syndicate, the company stated.
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