Narcotics Control Bureau has busted a major heroin trafficking network seizing 34.89 kg of heroin and arrested 8 drug peddlers.
Narcotics Control Bureau has busted a major heroin trafficking network operating pan India and seized 34.89 kilograms of heroin and recovered 5.8 lakh rupees. Eight drug peddlers have been arrested along with a Nigerian drug lord of the syndicate operating from New Delhi. Three African women were also arrested.
The unearthing of this major pan-India heroin trafficking network was masterminded by the Operations Branch of Headquarters and well-coordinated by the Bengaluru, Indore, and Delhi Zonal Units of the NCB.
India’s National Crime Records Bureau documented 59,806 drug-related cases in 2020. Out of them, 33,246 pertained to possession of drugs for personal use, and 26,560 cases involved drug trafficking.
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