Narcotics Control Bureau seizes drugs worth Rs 200 crore in Navi Mumbai, 4 held

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has exposed a drug syndicate and seized various banned substances worth about Rs 200 crore from Navi Mumbai after arresting four persons, an official said on Friday.

According to an official from the NCB’s Mumbai zonal unit, a group of people based abroad are operating the syndicate and some of the seized drugs had been sourced from the US through courier or small cargo services and human carriers.

The official said they confiscated 200 grams of cocaine from a parcel that was to be sent to Australia last month and busted the syndicate by tracking down the source of the drug to Navi Mumbai.

NCB seized 11.54 kg of “very high-quality” cocaine, hydroponic weed and 200 packets (5.5 kg) of cannabis gummies worth about Rs 200 crore from Navi Mumbai last week, the official said.

Four persons have been arrested in connection with the haul. The members of the ring used pseudonyms in their day-to-day conversations for their drug dealings. Efforts are being made to identify the backward and forward linkages of the syndicate, the official added.