Overview
- The Narcotics Control Bureau arrested a Brazilian national at Bengaluru’s airport with 4.77 kg of cocaine worth about ₹23.88 crore concealed in clothes inside handbags after a flight from São Paulo via Doha.
- Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized about 4.5 lakh Yaba meth tablets valued at ₹45 crore from a truck at Mungiakami in Tripura and handed one arrested suspect to the DRI.
- Bengaluru’s CCB Narcotics Wing detained 15 people, including three foreign nationals, and seized hydroponic ganja, ganja, MDMA, cocaine, LSD and hashish oil, with a potential market value pegged at up to ₹21.5 crore.
- In Thiruvananthapuram, police intercepted a car and recovered 325.267 kg of ganja allegedly trafficked from Tamil Nadu, arresting a 23-year-old suspect and opening a probe into the wider network.
- Near Hyderabad, Kollur police and the Serilingampally Special Operations Team arrested two suspects and confiscated 101.711 kg of ganja valued at ₹25.72 lakh while pursuing the main supplier.