The Narcotics Control Bureau arrested Jaffer Sadiq, the alleged kingpin of an international drug trafficking network, officials said on Saturday. “Jaffer Sadiq is the kingpin of a network spread over India, New Zealand, Australia, and Malaysia,” as per an NCB official. Gyaneshwar Singh, IPS Deputy Director General (OEC), said in […]
NCB busts pan-India drug network that used darknet, cryptocurrency; 6 held, largest haul in 2 decades
Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested six people, allegedly part of a pan-India network of drug traffickers that operated through the dark web and confiscated 15,000 LSD drug blots, in one of the agency’s biggest ever seizure in the last two decades. The Narcotics Control Bureau said on Tuesday, describing the seizure as […]
Kerala: Drugs seized in Indian waters worth Rs 25,000 cr, confirms NCB
The value of drugs seized in a special operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Indian Navy in Indian waters on Saturday was priced at Rs 25,000 crores after enumeration, informed NCB on Monday. According to the NCB officials, the enumeration of the high-purity methamphetamine seized by NCB and the Indian Navy has been completed. […]
NCB refuses to provide information on complaints against its Deputy Director General
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday refused to provide information on the complaints received against its Deputy Director General (DDG) Gyaneshwar Singh. The information was sought by the Right to Information (RTI) activist Anil Galgali. Galgali had applied to the NCB seeking the action taken report on various complaints received […]
Aryan Khan deliberately targeted, role of 8 officials under scanner: NCB report
The vigilance department of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has submitted its report pointing to the irregularities and “suspicious behaviour” on the part of seven to eight officers of the agency in the investigation of the Cordelia cruise drugs case, in which popular Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan […]
NCB says Rhea Chakraborty received multiple ganja deliveries
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which is probing a drug case linked with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in 2020, alleged that his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty received multiple deliveries of ganja from other co-accused. As per the NCB’s draft charges, Chakraborty, who was also arrested in the drug case and later walked […]
NCB seizes 54 kg of high-grade ganja on Solapur-Pune highway, 2 arrested
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday seized 54 kilograms of high-grade ganja on the Solapur-Pune highway and arrested two drug peddlers, officials informed on Friday. The seized contraband is worth approximately Rs 85 lakhs. It was sourced from Ganjam, Odisha, and was destined for further distribution to peddlers in […]
NCB Kolkata seizes 207Kg Ganja; accused arrested
The Narcotics Control Bureau of Kolkata arrested a 32 year old male, on Monday, for allegedly storing a huge amount of Ganja at his residence in Cooch Behar. According to local police, the accused, identified as Acahinta Parmanik (32) of Village Patchhara, had sourced it (Ganja) from Cooch Behar and […]
NCB Kolkata seizes huge amount of drugs, psychotropic substances; arrests 4
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Kolkata seized a huge amount of psychotropic substances in a three-day-long operation in the capital city and arrested four persons in connection with the recovery, informed the NCB. According to the NCB, on receipt of a complaint regarding the retail sale of psychotropic and narcotic medicines to […]
Prabhakar Sail, NCB witness in Aryan Khan case, dies of heart attack
Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) witness in the drugs-on-cruise case Prabhakar Sail died on Friday. According to Sail’s lawyer Tushar Khandare, Prabhakar Sail died of a heart attack at his residence in Chembur on Friday. Sail was the personal bodyguard of Kiran Gosavi, another witness in the Mumbai cruise ship raid case. He had levelled allegations […]
NCB constable, financial analyst, Army officer’s son among 22 held in pan India drug trafficking case
An Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) constable, a young financial analyst and an Army officer’s son were among 22 active members of a syndicate who were were arrested in multiple raids across the country as a pan-India darknet drug trafficking case was busted after a 4-month long operation. Speaking to ANI on Saturday, […]
NCB seizes 128.600 kg ganja in Murshidabad, 2 arrested
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Kolkata has seized 128.600 kg of Ganja from Murshidabad’s Beldanga. The agency intercepted a 4-wheeler (Mahindra Verito Car) that was being used to smuggle the contraband and arrested two suppliers from Odisha’s Angul-Dipak Ranjan Pradhan and Soumya Ranjan Sahoo. According to an official, based on specific information, the […]
Mumbai: NCB seizes 3.9 kg ephedrine concealed in consignment of women’s wear
A team of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai has seized 3.950 kg of ephedrine which was concealed in a consignment of women’s clothing from Mumbai’s Andheri East, officials said. According to a statement by the NCB on Friday, a team of NCB Mumbai seized 3.950 grams of ephedrine at Andheri (E) Mumbai. The consignment […]
Sameer Wankhede’s stint at NCB ends today: A look back at his controversy-filled service
The Narcotics Control Bureau Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede’s tenure ends today, 31 December. Wankhede, a 2008-batch IRS officer had been on deputation with the NCB since September 2020. As he bids adieu to the NCB, here’s a look at his tenure, which was marked with a series of controversies, […]
NCB seize more than 100 kg poppy straw, other drugs during raids in Nanded
The Narcotics Control Bureau seized 111 Kg of Poppy Straw (commercial quantity), 1.4 Kg of Opium, Cash Rs. 1.55 Lakh along with 2 grinding machines which are used for grinding of Poppy Seeds, electronic scale and note counting machine on Monday, informed NCB Mumbai. “On specific information, a team of NCB Mumbai raided three shops located at […]