NCB seizes cocaine worth Rs 900 crore in Delhi

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday confiscated more than 80 kg of cocaine worth around Rs 900 crore in the national capital, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said and asserted that the government's hunt against drug rackets will continue "ruthlessly".

The confiscation of the "high-grade" party drug came on a day a joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Navy and Gujarat ATS led to the recovery of about 700 kg of Methamphetamine off the Gujarat coast.

This operation on the sea also saw the arrest of eight Iranian nationals.

"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," Shah posted on X.

The "massive" drug consignment is worth about Rs 900 crore and it was tracked down by a "bottom-to-top approach" after a quantity of drugs was seized in a courier centre in Delhi, he said.

"Our hunt against drug rackets will continue ruthlessly," the minister added.

He congratulated the federal anti-narcotics agency on this "major" success of seizing the cocaine consignment.