Mumbai Destroys 5,500 kg of Illicit Drugs

The Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal unit destroyed around 5,500 kg of illicit drugs, including 52,000 bottles of codeine cough syrup. The destruction was cleared by a Supreme Court-guided High-Level Drug Disposal Committee and was executed over two days through incineration at a Navi Mumbai facility.

The Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zonal unit has successfully destroyed approximately 5,500 kg of illicit drugs, which included 52,000 codeine cough syrup bottles, seized in various raids that even involved foreign nationals, according to an official statement released on Saturday.

A High-Level Drug Disposal Committee, constituted following the Supreme Court's guidelines, sanctioned the destruction process which was executed on Thursday and Friday through incineration at the Mumbai Waste Management Limited facility in Navi Mumbai, the official confirmed.

Among the destroyed drugs were 10 kg of cocaine, mainly sourced from Latin America and trafficked into India via drug mules, and 52,130 bottles of Codeine Cough Syrup (CBCS) seized in multiple cases from syndicates in Thane and Dharavi. The illicit drugs had been transported using various means including roadways, trains, and logistics cargo. Numerous arrests have been made, including top-level financiers and associates, some of whom were already on record under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

(With inputs from agencies.)