Overview
- Bengaluru police reported seizures worth over ₹13.5 crore in multiple operations, including 8,335 LSD strips, 5 kg of hydro ganja and 534 g of charas, with two interstate suspects arrested and additional busts involving parcel concealment and a 27.2 kg ganja haul.
- Navi Mumbai authorities destroyed narcotics valued at ₹18.63 crore from 55 cases at the Taloja facility under the ‘Nasha Mukt Navi Mumbai’ campaign, alongside recent action against an alleged Punjab-based syndicate and the rollout of Anti-Narcotics Squads in every police station.
- South East Delhi Police’s ‘Operation Aaghat 4.0’ led to 200 arrests, including four under the NDPS Act with 6.66 kg of ganja and 12.70 g of MDMA recovered, with additional seizures of illicit liquor, firearms and knives during coordinated checks.
- Interstate trafficking patterns surfaced in Uttar Pradesh and Telangana, where the ANTF seized 123.7 kg of ganja in Mainpuri reportedly sourced from Odisha and hidden under coal, and Hyderabad police intercepted 164.86 kg allegedly ferried from Odisha for delivery near the city.
- Festival-focused and statewide sweeps continued with Pune Rural Police seizing 478.95 kg of ganja hidden in drums in Baramati ahead of Holi, while Himachal Pradesh Police raided 145 sites in an anti-chitta campaign and registered NDPS and Excise Act cases.