Overview
- Delhi Police Special Cell arrested four African-origin suspects and seized 20.146 kg of methamphetamine and 700 tablets, along with a mobile manufacturing lab in Nilothi Extension valued at over ₹100 crore.
- The Delhi module, active for years across Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, allegedly hid drugs in bag cavities, sent proceeds abroad via informal channels, and included members staying without valid documents under probe for Foreigners Act violations.
- Bengaluru’s CCB Anti-Narcotics Wing arrested 19 people, including 14 foreign nationals, and seized about 4.9 kg of narcotics, with major recoveries from a Kenyan woman (2.044 kg MDMA) and a Nigerian woman (760 g MDMA).
- CCB teams intercepted parcels at the Foreign Post Office and recovered 1.5 kg of hydro ganja concealed in foreign-brand snack boxes shipped from Thailand and France, as efforts continue to identify senders and recipients.
- Separate actions included a Delhi case against five Nigerian nationals with synthetic drugs worth about ₹3 crore and an Indore arrest of an Ivorian woman with 31 g of cocaine, as police and FRRO pursue further arrests and immigration proceedings.