NCB unearths darknet-based LSD cartel; 3 held

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday claimed to have busted the biggest darknet-based LSD cartel operating in India with the seizure of more than 13,000 blots and Rs 26 lakh in cash and the arrest of three persons.

“The cartel named Zambada has a high volume of business and supply chain of this hallucinogenic category of drug and is also operating in the UK, the US, South Africa, Canada, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkiye.

The cartel was being operated by young educated men in the age bracket of 21-25 years,” said NCB Deputy Director General (operations and enforcement) Gyaneshwar Singh.

It is the second LSD trafficking cartel busted by the agency in the last three months.