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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Devesh K Pandey

Narcotics Control Bureau busts international drug cartel

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an international drug cartel having links in and around Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Dubai. Among those allegedly involved are Indian, Mexican, Canadian and British nationals.

The agency has arrested nine persons, including three alleged Mexican methamphetamine or ‘meth’ chemists. Based on a tip-off, the agency’s Delhi zonal unit seized about 2.95 kg of methamphetamine on January 17.

“During further course of investigation, two consignors of the parcel were apprehended from Jaipur. The arrested persons disclosed that as per the direction of their handler in a foreign country, they collected Meth from a Delhi-based trafficker on a regular basis and used to send the parcels to Australia as per the details provided by their handler...they used forged document for booking the parcels in order to hide their identity,” the agency said on Monday.

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