NCB arrests five individuals at Duvvada, seizes 4 kg hashish oil

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In a important cognition against inter-state cause trafficking, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) - Visakhapatnam Zonal Unit, has successfully dismantled a hashish lipid trafficking web during an cognition conducted connected December 23 night.

As per a merchandise from the NCB officials, acting connected credible information, a squad of NCB officers, with the assistance of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), took up an cognition astatine Duvvada Railway Station, resulting successful the interception of 5 individuals, including 1 woman, and the seizure of 4 kg of hashish oil. Following examination, each 5 persons were arrested nether applicable provisions of the NDPS Act.

The NCB officials said that the arrested individuals see 2 persons from Thrissur district, Kerala, who were the intended receivers and had arrived successful Paderu to coordinate with the supplier. The supplier, a nonmigratory of Srikakulam district, has besides been apprehended. The remaining 2 individuals, including a woman, were employed arsenic carriers and were tasked with transporting the contraband to Kerala for transportation to the receivers. These carriers were fixed wealth by the receivers to transportation the contraband to Kerala. The receivers didn’t transportation contraband themselves retired of fearfulness of getting caught successful possession of the contraband. All these 5 persons travelled from Paderu to Duvvada by bus.

Preliminary probe has revealed that the supplier arsenic good arsenic some receivers person been antecedently progressive successful NDPS-related cases. Further probe is successful advancement to place and apprehend different members linked to the trafficking network.

NCB officials entreaty nationalist to actively enactment the combat against cause trafficking. Any accusation related to narcotics tin beryllium shared done MANAS – National Narcotics Helpline Toll-Free Number: 1933. The individuality of informers is strictly kept confidential.

Published - December 25, 2025 04:54 p.m. IST

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