Overview
- Acting on intelligence, officers intercepted a 26-year-old passenger from Mizoram who arrived by train from New Delhi at KSR Bengaluru and recovered about 8.3 kg of suspected methamphetamine.
- The seized narcotics carry an estimated illicit market value of roughly Rs 8.3 crore, according to the DRI.
- Follow-up operations led to the arrest of two additional Bengaluru residents, aged about 25 and 29, bringing the total arrested to three.
- A search at one suspect’s residence yielded around 200 SIM cards, about 45 debit and credit cards, and multiple mobile phones believed to support the trafficking operation.
- Officials say the quantity qualifies as a commercial quantity under the NDPS Act, the materials are in custody, and further arrests are possible as the probe continues.