2 Sri Lankans Carrying Heroin Worth Rs 1,000 Crore Arrested In Chennai 2 Sri Lankans Carrying Heroin Worth Rs 1,000 Crore Arrested In Chennai Officials said heroin produced in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran is loaded in fishing vessels setting sail from the ports of Iran and Pakistan for a mid-sea transfer into similar vessels from Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
The NCB and the Indian Coast Guard intercepted the vessel near the Tuticorin Port.
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Two Sri Lankan nationals have been arrested and about 100 kg of heroin worth an estimated Rs 1,000 crore seized as part of a probe involving a trans-border drugs-trafficking racket, the NCB said on Friday.
Narcotics Control Bureau arrests two Sri Lankan nationals in major operation
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Duo is allegedly part of international drug trafficking syndicate.
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Duo is allegedly part of international drug trafficking syndicate.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has conducted a major operation culminating in the arrest of two Sri Lankan nationals who were allegedly key players of an international drug trafficking syndicate having links in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Australia.
The accused, identified as M.M.M. Nawas and Mohamed Afnas, had been operating from Chennai under assumed identities. “They were controlling mid-sea pick-up and delivery of narcotic drugs from Pakistani and Iranian vessels,” said the agency spokesperson, K.P.S. Malhotra. They had fled Sri Lanka following a crackdown by the enforcement agencies there.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested two Sri Lankan Tamils who are key operatives in an international drugs racket from Chennai in Tamil Nadu, a senior officer said on Friday.On the basis of intelligence shared with the Sri .
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The fourth arrested accused, who is also Pathan’s cousin, is said to be one of the major suppliers of mephedrone also known as ‘MCat’ and ‘Meow Meow’ in Mumbai. (Representative image: PTI)
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New Delhi, Jan 22 (PTI) Two Sri Lankan nationals have been arrested and about 100 kg of heroin worth an estimated Rs 1,000 crore seized as part of a probe involving a trans-border drugs-trafficking racket, the NCB said on Friday.
MMM Nawas and Mohamed Afnas were nabbed from Chennai in Tamil Nadu, where they were living by concealing their real identities, and the drugs syndicate that they masterminded has its tentacles spread across Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Australia, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said in a statement.