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India News: NEW DELHI: Over 17,000 acres of opium poppy fields in Manipur were destroyed between 2018 and May 2023, the home ministry told the Rajya Sabha on Wedn.
In a major breakthrough, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday busted one of the country's "largest" drug trafficking networks operating over the darknet with the seizure of a huge number of LSD blots.
'Zambada' cartel was the 'only' cartel in the country with a so-called "5-star rating". It is the second LSD trafficking cartel busted in last about 3 months.
The NCB said the cartel's name is derived from "Ismael-Marlo Zambada Garcia", a Mexican drug lord, and he was the last remaining fugitive on the list of Mexico's 37 most wanted drug criminals. He carries a reward of up to $15,000,000, the agency said. The first time the name of this cartel was reported in the country was in September 2022 when the Hyderabad Police arrested eight people for drug trafficking using the darknet.
The Bombay High Court recently expressed concern over the physical and emotional risks of drug abuse among the youth and adolescents, while rejecting the bail plea of a man accused of selling charas-laced brownies.