13-Sep-2024 05:46 PM
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Mumbai, Sep 13 (Reporter) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Zonal unit has disposed of about 982.100 kgs of illicit drugs which were seized by the National Nodal drug law enforcement agency.
An official in NCB on Friday said that the illicit drugs have been seized in varous cases and numerous offenders including foreign nationals were arrested during the investigation.
A Regular Drug Disposal Committee (RDDC) was constituted in accordance with the guidelines after which the cases were reviewed and only fit cases were selected for disposal.
After completing all legal formalities, the seized drugs were finally disposed of through incineration at Mumbai Waste Management Ltd., Taloja, Maharashtra on Thursday.
Among the disposal conducted, 20 kgs Mephedrone seized from Dongri Mumbai in June 2023 was also disposed of wherein multiple accused persons having criminal antecedents including kingpin, financer, key associates were arrested and multi crore assets have seized...////...