Amit Shah praises NCB for busting major drug smuggling racket in Mumbai
According to an official of the NCB’s Mumbai zonal unit, a group of people based abroad were operating the racket and the seized drugs were brought from the US through ‘courier’ and other cargo transport facilities.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday congratulated the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for busting a major drug smuggling racket in Mumbai. The team arrested four people and seized “high-grade” cocaine from them.
Shah wrote in a post on the social media platform ‘X’, “India has busted a drug smuggling gang with a ‘zero tolerance’ policy.” He wrote, “A major success has been achieved with the seizure of ‘high grade’ cocaine and ganja in Mumbai along with the arrest of four people.”
According to an official of the Mumbai regional unit of NCB, a group of people sitting abroad is operating the gang and the seized drugs were brought from America through ‘courier’ and other cargo transport facilities. The international estimated value of the seized drugs is Rs 200 crore.
The Home Minister said that this is part of the initiative taken to realize the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s drug-free India. The minister said, “Congratulations to the NCB team for this big success.
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