Ministry of Home Affairs
NCB Goa seizes multiple suspected drugs in Mapusa; three arrested
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Source-grounded summary
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Goa Zonal Unit, arrested three individuals following a series of operations involving searches and seizures of suspected narcotic substances across Goa. Acting on specific information, NCB conducted operations on September 29 resulting in the recovery of suspected MDMA/Ecstasy, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Ganja, and Charas from a residential premises in Mapusa, individuals intercepted at Thivim Railway Station, and a follow-up operation in Colvale. Further investigation is ongoing, and the bureau urged the public to share information on illicit drug trafficking via the MANAS National Narcotics Helpline.