Bengaluru police arrested 10 persons, including seven from other states, for allegedly selling prohibited narcotic substances following a multi-day operation. The arrests led to the seizure of drugs and other materials worth approximately Rs 4 crore, officials said.
Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police seized 400 grams of "brown sugar" worth about Rs 40 lakh, arresting one accused from Sahadevkhuntha in Balasore, during a raid to dismantle the narcotics network, Police Commissioner Suresh Devdutt Singh said.
Police busted a drug manufacturing factory in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh and seized drugs and chemicals worth Rs 50 crore, Superintendent of Police B Aditya said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Sribhumi police seized 650 grams of heroin and 10,000 Yaba tablets worth Rs 5 crore at Puwamara, leading to the arrest of four drug peddlers.
Bengaluru City police Commissioner B Dayanand in a statement said that an operation by the Anti-Narcotics Team resulted in the arrest of a suspect from Kerala who was found in possession of 3.5 kg of hydroponic ganja, Rs 26,06,500 in cash, and a mobile phone. The total value of the seized it
Officers seized hundreds of packages of prescription drugs, including Ritalin, Clonazepam, and Percocet,as well as cocaine, ecstasy, and over NIS 800,000 (USD 216,000) in cash.
In a joint operation, the Assam Rifles and Zokhawthar Police recovered a large cache of narcotics from the general area of Vangkai, Zokhawthar, Champhai district, Mizoram, on February 18.
Assam Rifles and police recovered a huge consignment of Methamphetamine tablets and heroin worth Rs 85.95 crore in two separate operations in Mizoram's Zokhawthar.