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Cocaine Seized at Bengaluru Airport as Coordinated Raids Across India Net Major Drug Hauls

Investigators are tracing suppliers spanning state lines to cross-border routes behind the consignments.

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.