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NCB seizes Rs 200 crore narcotics from Navi Mumbai, 4 held

The NCB recovered the contraband while they were investigating a case over seizure of 200 grams of cocaine which was to be sent to Australia.

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The Mumbai unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 11.5 kg cocaine and other narcotic substances worth Rs 200 crore from Navi Mumbai and arrested four persons, officials said on Friday.

The NCB recovered the contraband while they were investigating a case over seizure of 200 grams of cocaine which was to be sent to Australia.

A team under additional director Mumbai Zonal Unit (MZU) Amit Ghawate in January seized 200 grams of cocaine.  The team found that the contraband had been sent by one Navin Chitkar based outside India. It was while investigating the local links that the police found the main accused, who had stashed the contraband at his residence in Navi Mumbai’s Belapur.

An NCB team conducted raids on January 31 and recovered 11.54 kg high-quality cocaine, 4.9 kg hybrid strain hydroponic weed/ganja, 200 packets (5.5 kgs) of cannabis gummies.

Besides the main accused, the NCB also arrested three others in and around Navi Mumbai who were allegedly part of the syndicate involved in supplying narcotics abroad.

An official said that investigation conducted so far revealed that this syndicate is being operated by a group of people based abroad. Some quantities of the seized contraband were sourced from the US to Mumbai and being sent to multiple receivers in India and abroad through courier/small cargo services and human carriers.

The official added that the persons involved in this case are anonymous to each other, using pseudo-names for day-to-day conversations on drug dealing.

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Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the NCB for the drug bust.

“ Bharat crushes drug cartels with zero tolerance. A major breakthrough in Mumbai in seizing very high-grade cocaine, ganja, and cannabis gummies and arresting four people. It is a testament to the success of the top-to-bottom approach to investigation adopted to make PM Shri @narendramodi Ji’s vision for a drug-free India a reality. Congratulations to team @narcoticsbureau on this massive success,” Shah said in a post on X.

 

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