82.53 kg cocaine worth Rs 900 crore seized in Delhi, 4 arrested, Home Minister Amit Shah pats the back of narcotics officers

By News Update On Nov 16, 2024

New Delhi. Taking action as per the orders of Union Home Minister Amit Shah towards completing the Drug Free India campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has once again taken major action. NCB has seized 82.53 kg of high potency cocaine from Janakpuri and Nangloi area of Delhi. Four people have also been arrested in this case. The value of the seized cocaine in the international market is estimated to be around Rs 900 crore. At the same time, Home Minister Amit Shah has also praised the officers of the Narcotics Department for this tremendous action.

#WATCH | Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau DDG, Neeraj Kumar Gupta says, “A total of 4 people have been arrested. We had earlier seized about 1 kg of cocaine from a small courier company and we were continuously following it. We got information during the investigation and we went… pic.twitter.com/mIEnLxIuG9
— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2024

Narcotics Control Bureau Deputy Director General Neeraj Kumar Gupta said that based on the tip received on November 11, we had earlier seized about 1 kg of cocaine from a small courier company and we were continuously following it. After this, we found about 73 packets in a house and more than 81.5 kg of cocaine was recovered from them. He told that the first parcel which was seized on November 11, was to be sent to Australia. Apart from this, a parcel was also seized in the month of August which was also to be sent to Australia.

Deputy Director General Neeraj Gupta said that soon we will catch the main people involved in this. In this case, two people were arrested on Friday, November 15, while two people were arrested today. The work of the two arrested people was to store and distribute cocaine. Whereas the job of one person was to book the parcel in the courier company. To protect the parcel from the scanner, these people had packed it in 6 layers.

The back-to-back major breakthroughs against illegal drugs in a single day demonstrate the Modi government’s unwavering resolve to build a drug-free Bharat. The NCB today confiscated 82.53 kg of high-grade cocaine in New Delhi. The massive drug consignment worth approximately Rs…
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) November 15, 2024

On the other hand, Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the NCB team on this big success through a social media post. The Home Minister wrote, major successes one after the other against illegal drugs in a single day, demonstrate the unwavering resolve of the Modi government to create a drug-free India. Our search and action against drug rackets will continue in the same manner.