Overview

• The two-week Lionfish–Mayag III sweep recovered about $6.5 billion in narcotics and led to 386 arrests.
• The haul included a record 297 million methamphetamine tablets along with large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and chemical precursors.
• Interpol said the fentanyl seized represented potential lethality for 151 million people, with most of it manufactured unlawfully in India.
• India’s Narcotics Control Bureau dismantled the Ketamelon darknet syndicate, seizing LSD, ketamine, and about $87,000 in digital assets tied to more than 600 shipments.
• Officials warned of rising nitazenes and xylazine detections, citing cases such as Mexico’s seizure of over 190,000 fentanyl tablets, U.S. MDMA pills laced with fentanyl, and Indonesia’s interception of 116 kg of xylazine.