International drug racket busted by NCB, Rs 100 crores worth contraband seized

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested nine persons including five Indians who were part of an international drug syndicate on Friday. 

The NCB seized 20 kg cocaine in India and sources of 55 kg cocaine and 200 kg methamphetamine in Australia.

The drug law enforcement agency stated that the syndicate spread its network in Delhi and neighboring areas, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra.  

The syndicate has links in Australia, Canada, the USA, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Nigeria which used India as both the destination and transit for smuggling cocaine, NCB said. 

The drug enforcement agency seized drugs worth Rs 100 crore in India and the total worth of the seizure from this cartel amounts to Rs 1300 crores.

Out of the nine people arrested, five are Indians, one American national, two Nigerian nationals and one Indonesian national.