Explained: What is Captagon, the ‘Jihadi drug’ seized in NCB’s ₹182 crore bust?
India has reported its first Captagon seizure as the NCB busts a ₹182 crore consignment allegedly headed to the Middle East during Operation RAGEPILL.
India has reported its first Captagon seizure as the NCB busts a ₹182 crore consignment allegedly headed to the Middle East during Operation RAGEPILL.
A Mumbai-based operative linked to Dawood Ibrahim, Salim Dola has been brought to India after arrest in Turkey, with agencies probing his alleged role in global narcotics networks.
In coordination with the Indian and the international intel agencies, the NCB has secured Dola’s return which was possible under the ‘Operation Global-Hunt’.
India’s agencies secure Salim Dola’s return in a coordinated global effort, with investigators now probing his network, financial links and alleged connections to terror funding operations.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Sunday congratulated the joint team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Delhi Police for busting Mega Trans-National Methamphetamine Cartel under Operation “Crystal Fortress”.
The conference is being organised by the NCB, under the administrative control of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
Four people were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and 80 kg of cocaine worth around Rs 900 crores was seized from them in the West and Outerwest areas of the national capital.
The agency suspects that the produced drugs were also supplied abroad with the involvement of Mexican drug cartel CJNG (Cartel De Jalisco Nueva Generación).
The police recovered a total of 3.8 kg fine quality psychotropic substance Mescaline worth Rs 15 crore in the International market.
The fraudsters typically call a potential victim, “informing” that the victim has sent, or is the intended recipient of a parcel, which contains illegal goods, drugs, fake passports or any other contraband item.
