Overview
- Thane Crime Branch arrested Chinna Tagur Laxman Nayak and seized 638 kg of ganja worth about ₹2.04 crore, with police saying the consignment was ferried from Odisha and Andhra Pradesh; he is in custody until January 3.
- Delhi Police Crime Branch recovered 2.034 kg of heroin valued over ₹10 crore and arrested Anshul Rana and Ganga Prasad alias Vicky, with interrogation pointing to a supply link from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh; a scooter and six phones were seized.
- Navi Mumbai Anti-Narcotics Cell said it dismantled a Punjab-based interstate network, arresting 25 people, seizing heroin, opium and other material worth ₹3.31 crore, and sending teams to trace 10 absconding suspects after identifying rail and road routes.
- NCB Mumbai reported 2025 results including about 5,560 kg of narcotics seized, 51 arrests, and asset freezes of roughly ₹18 crore, detailing actions against international and inter-state networks and diversified threats from mephedrone to diverted codeine syrup.
- A special NDPS court acquitted five accused in a five-year-old 130 kg ganja case, finding the chemical analysis unreliable and citing inventory delays and destroyed samples, underscoring gaps that could undermine convictions.