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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) said that it seized 1.33 lakh kg of drugs worthy astir ₹2,000 crore and destroyed 77,000 kg of narcotic drugs valued astatine ₹3,889 crore past year.
The bureau arrested 994 cause traffickers, including 25 overseas nationals, successful 447 cases; secured condemnation of 265 cause offenders successful 131 cases. “Of them, 39 were awarded the maximum condemnation of 20 years portion 210 others were awarded condemnation of 10 years oregon much but little than 20 years. The convicted offenders included 9 overseas nationals,” it said, adding that a focused attack led to a emergence successful the condemnation complaint to 66.8% successful 2025, up from 60.8% successful 2024.
Key operations launched by the NCB past twelvemonth included Operation Crystal Fortress, nether which 328 kg of high-quality methamphetamine were seized successful Delhi; and Operation Ketamelon, arsenic portion of which 1 of the largest darknet cause syndicate successful India was busted and 1,127 LSD blots, 131.66 gm ketamine and cryptocurrency worthy ₹70 lakhs were seized.
Under Operation Med Max, an planetary pharmaceutical trafficking web dispersed crossed 4 continents and implicit 10 countries was dismantled. The probe began with the seizure of 3.7 kg of tramadol successful Delhi and exposed an India-based web supplying controlled medicines to the United States, Europe, and Australia done encrypted platforms, drop-shipping models, and cryptocurrency.
A probe into seizure of 200-gm cocaine, concealed successful a projector being sent to Australia via courier, resulted successful further impounding of of 11.54 kg of the stuff, hybrid cannabis, Tetrahydrocannabinol-based gummies, and cause trafficking proceeds. In this case, the kingpin was aboriginal deported.
During the year, the bureau besides busted six cause laboratories operating successful Rajasthan, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh. They were engaged successful the amerciable accumulation of synthetic drugs specified arsenic mephedrone, alprazolam, ketamine, and akin substances.
Strong measures were taken against the amerciable proceeds of narcotic cause trafficking by freezing assets worthy ₹96.69 crore successful 70 cases during the year. In all, 14 Interpol Red Notices, 22 Interpol Blue Notices, and 1 Interpol Silver Notice were issued. Five wanted persons were deported from the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.
The NCB besides organised conferences to code the challenges successful combating cause trafficking and maltreatment successful the country, peculiarly successful northeastern States. Its helpline fig [1933] has “achieved important operational and public-outreach milestones wrong a abbreviated span”. It recorded implicit 9 lakh national interactions, including actionable tip-offs. The bureau is besides carrying retired consciousness programmes successful schools.
The Bureau signed agreements with institutions similar Rashtriya Raksha University and National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar. “The NCB has additionally made peculiar efforts toward the constitution of the SCO Anti-Drug Center (ADC) successful Dushanbe, Tajikistan...it is simply a imperishable organization mechanics of the SCO to fortify practice among Member States successful combating illicit trafficking successful narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors,” it said.
