Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 6: In the largest seizure by the agency in a single operation in the previous 20 years, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday dismantled a pan-Indian drug trafficking network operating on the darknet and seized 15,000 blots of LSD, also known as lysergic acid diethylamide, a synthetic chemical-based hallucinogen drug. In connection with the incident, six people were detained.
Gyaneshwar Singh, the deputy director general (DG) of the NCB, stated that the drug shipment that was confiscated included 2.5 times as much LSD as was considered to be commercially available, or 0.1 grams.
He said, “We have arrested six people in two cases and seized 15,000 blots of LSD drug, which is 2.5 thousand more than the commercial quantity. The commercial quantity of this drug is 0.1 grams. It’s a synthetic drug and is very dangerous. It’s the biggest seizure in the last two decades”.
The NCB officer told that the drug network was spread throughout nations including Poland, the Netherlands, and the United States as well as some Indian states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh, as well as the Delhi-NCR.
“We seized 2.5 kg of marijuana, Rs 4.65 lakh and Rs 20 lakhs deposited in bank accounts,” Singh said.
He said,”The drug used to be imported to India from Poland, the Netherlands, and the United States. The drug trafficking network was active on the darknet and payment was done through cryptocurrency”.
He claimed that LSD may be delivered by books because it has no taste or fragrance, it is hard to detect. He expressed worry over the drug’s rising popularity among young people in the nation.
