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.
Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 20:39 IST
In 2019, a total of 226 drug trafficking cases were recorded in Chandigarh, making it the second UT with the most number of cases. As per data, all the seizures made in 2019 in Chandigarh were of drug trafficking, none of them was for personal consumption (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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A total of 226 cases of drug trafficking were recorded in the UT
Chandigarh: In the last 3 years, Chandigarh saw the second most drug seizures among all the union territories (UTs), as per a report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB). The maximum cases of drug peddling among the UTs were registered in the national capital.
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