NCB Smashes Drug Syndicate, Seizes Charas and Over 15,000 Opioid Bottles
What Happened
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai arrested two people in two separate operations and seized 1.060 kg of charas, along with a massive stock of prescription opioids. In the first operation, officials intercepted a Gujarat-Mumbai bus and recovered 1,080 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup. Follow-up searches in Vadodara led to the seizure of 13,938 more cough syrup bottles and 12,240 Tramadol tablets.
Key Takeaways
The bust highlights the growing misuse of prescription opioid medicines alongside traditional narcotics. NCB officials said the charas was allegedly stockpiled for sale at higher prices during the festive season amid tighter enforcement, indicating traffickers are adapting their methods to evade crackdowns.