Overview
- Officers intercepted a truck at Bhagimahari Toll Plaza near Nagpur and seized 522.138 kg of ganja concealed under cover cargo, arresting two people under the NDPS Act.
- A covert check of an airport catering truck leaving Mumbai airport uncovered 3.15 kg of hydroponic weed, leading to five arrests that included cleaning staff, a duty manager, the driver, and a syndicate coordinator, with the vehicle seized.
- A Kenyan passenger arriving from Entebbe was found to have ingested seven capsules containing 446 grams of cocaine, which officers recovered and seized before making an arrest.
- DRI intercepted two Nigerian nationals in separate cases, recovering 673 grams of cocaine from baggage on a Delhi–Mumbai flight and 280 grams of amphetamine from a Delhi–Goa passenger, with both detained under the NDPS Act.
- Across the operations, drugs were valued at Rs 17.55 crore and 10 suspects were arrested, with DRI linking the actions to the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan and cautioning about rising USDT-based payments in smuggling.