NCB cracks down on drug cartel; nabs 6 from India-Nepal border

In this operation, the officials also seized unaccounted cash currency of Rs.1,75,400 and 59,000 Nepali rupees

January 13, 2022

Six arrested from India-Nepal border for nonviolent in psychotropic drugs smuggling

In a major crackdown on the drug cartel, The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Lucknow zone, has seized a huge cache of psychotropic drugs. Six people have been arrested so far for their involvement in drugs smuggling from across the India-Nepal border.

In this operation, the officials also seized unaccounted cash currency of Rs.1,75,400 and 59,000 Nepali rupees.

The arrested have been identified as Anil Kumar Mishra, Govind Kumar Verma, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Mohd Ghalib, Shiv Kishor Vishwakarma, and Radhe Shyam Verma.

The arrests were made at Rupaidiha of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, officials said. The drugs were seized in an operation relating to the curbing of illegal diversion of narcotics and psychotropic substances across the border.

The NCB had specific intelligence inputs. The officials seized the psychotropic drugs and narcotics along with a huge amount of cash from various medical stores and other unauthorized premises.

According to a statement issued by the NCB, a total of 4,237 tablets containing Alprazolam, 2,665 tablets containing Nitrazepam, 5,530 tablets of Tramadol and Diazepam injection and Pentazocine injection, and 4,471 bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup worth Rs.30 lakh were recovered from six premises, four of which were medical stores.

Officials said that the NCB, Lucknow Zone had been receiving the information of diversion and trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic medicines in the bordering areas of India and Nepal.

The NCB has deployed its teams in the field to develop intelligence related to drug trafficking and conduct operations and seizures based on intelligence.

Teams on the India-Nepal border are keeping a close watch on the smuggling of drugs in poll-bound areas. All the six arrested people are residents of the Bahraich district.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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