NCB busts international drug trafficking network operating across 3 countries
The Hindu
NCB dismantles an international drug trafficking network, seizing ₹10 crore worth of narcotics across India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an international drug trafficking network involved in smuggling narcotic substances across Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.
Acting on credible intelligence, special teams of the agency arrested five suspects, including a Sri Lankan refugee, and seized 78.71 kg of charas and 960 grams of hashish oil.
During a coordinated multi-State operation led by officers of the NCB Southern Region, two cars, a motorcycle, and a fishing boat used to smuggle the contraband were seized, sources in the agency said.
Following a specific tip-off, special teams intercepted a car in Telangana on March 3, 2026. About 2 kg of charas concealed in specially fabricated cavities in the vehicle was recovered. Two suspects - Ayush Gupta, 21, of Delhi and Abhishek, 19, of Uttar Pradesh - were taken into custody on charges of transporting the contraband.
Further investigation revealed the gang had transported a much larger consignment of narcotic drugs from Kathmandu, Nepal, into India through the Sonauli border. A total of 158 packets of charas weighing about 78 kg, along with nearly 1 kg of hashish oil, had been sourced in Kathmandu and smuggled into India as part of the trafficking operation.
Investigators gathered intelligence indicating that the charas and hashish oil consignments were delivered to agents in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, with plans to route the narcotics to Sri Lanka through maritime channels.
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