Narcotics worth ₹15.29 crore seized, 17 persons arrested in Bengaluru
Bengaluru City Police arrested 17 individuals and seized a significant quantity of narcotics, including MDMA, cocaine, and heroin, in a coordinated operation. The arrests involved suspects from various states and one foreign national, with investigations ongoing to identify further suppliers.
Why it matters
This operation highlights the scale of inter-state and international drug trafficking networks operating within India's major urban centers.
In one of the biggest coordinated anti-narcotics operations in recent weeks, the Bengaluru City Police arrested 17 drug peddlers — one foreign national, 10 persons from other States, and six local residents — and seized narcotics.
City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said that the coordinated operations were carried out by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) along with police teams from Chamarajpet, Koramangala, Banaswadi, Whitefield, Malleswaram and Pulakeshinagar police stations based on intelligence inputs received over the past several days regarding drug trafficking across Bengaluru.
Police seized 13.135 kg of MDMA, 181.3 grams of cocaine, 15 grams of heroin, 59.322 kg of ganja, 7 kg of opium, and 225 grams of mephedrone. They also seized six mobile phones, a car and a two-wheeler allegedly used in the drug trade.
According to officials, the CCB alone accounted for narcotics worth nearly ₹14 crore in the overall seizures.
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