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Drug Cartel Spanning 10 Nations Busted, 8 Held
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|July 03, 2025
Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the NCB (Narcotics Control Bureau) has busted a global drug cartel, arrested eight people and triggered crackdowns in the US and Australia against the ring that operates across four continents and 10 countries.
NEW DELHI:
Operation Med Max by the NCB that began in New Delhi's Mandi House nearly a month and a half ago, led to one suspect in the US, busting of illegal factories in Australia, an illegal call centre in Udupi, and identification of a money launderer in the US as well as a UAE-based kingpin.
Explaining the investigation trail, a home ministry spokesperson said that on May 25, the agency's operations unit intercepted a car near Mandi House (Bengali Market) in Delhi in which two BPharma students were arrested with 3.7kg Tramadol tablets. Tramadol has been notified as a drug under the NDPS Act by the finance ministry in April 2018.
This story is from the July 03, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Amritsar.
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