Law enforcement agencies in India cracked down on multiple inter-state and cross-border drug trafficking networks, seizing large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine across different operations. In one major case under Operation "Black Hawk", the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) intercepted an Assam-registered vehicle near Lucknow on August 21. Officers discovered a hidden compartment in the fuel tank containing 16.46 kilograms of crude heroin, leading to the arrest of the vehicle's occupants under the NDPS Act. Investigators had tracked the vehicle across multiple toll plazas after receiving intelligence about drugs moving from the North-East toward Uttar Pradesh.
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Law enforcement agencies in India cracked down on multiple inter-state and cross-border drug trafficking networks, seizing large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine across different operations. In one major case under Operation "Black Hawk", the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) intercepted an Assam-registered vehicle near Lucknow on August 21. Officers discovered a hidden compartment in the fuel tank containing 16.46 kilograms of crude heroin, leading to the arrest of the vehicle's occupants under the NDPS Act. Investigators had tracked the vehicle across multiple toll plazas after receiving intelligence about drugs moving from the North-East toward Uttar Pradesh.
In a separate incident reported on June 3, the CBN Madhya Pradesh Unit seized 1.067 kilograms of heroin from a passenger at Ujjain Railway Station. The suspect, travelling on a passenger train via the Indore-Ujjain route toward West Bengal, was searched at the Railway Protection Force office, where the contraband was found hidden in a handbag. Officials stated the narcotics originated from Rajasthan.
Additionally, joint multi-agency operations involving the Border Security Force (BSF), the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), and the Mizoram Excise and Narcotics Department led to significant drug seizures in Assam and Mizoram. Authorities recovered roughly 9 kilograms of heroin near Jalukbari in Assam after intercepting an SUV coming from Manipur, and seized further heroin and methamphetamine packages hidden near a highway in Mizoram. Across these operations, authorities arrested multiple individuals and seized vehicles used in the transport.
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Authorities have arrested multiple suspects across the different operations, seized the contraband and vehicles involved, and initiated legal proceedings under the NDPS Act.
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