DRI seizes over 845 kg contraband drugs at various locations in intensified crackdown on drug trafficking;

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted multiple intelligence-led operations across India, seizing over 845 kg of contraband drugs including ganja, charas, cocaine, and amphetamine under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985. A total of 15 persons were arrested. The operations highlighted various smuggling routes and concealment methods, such as hiding charas in knee caps, concealing cannabis in rice husk, and smuggling high-grade hydroponic weed from Thailand and Vietnam, as well as cocaine and amphetamine through international airports and domestic transit.