NCB busts drug racket spanning Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra; seizes contraband worth Rs 2 crore

The Bangalore and Hyderabad units of the Narcotics Control Bureau cracked down on an Alprazolam manufacturing and trafficking network spanning three states.

The Bangalore and Hyderabad units of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday jointly cracked down on an Alprazolam manufacturing and trafficking network spanning Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and recovered contraband worth Rs 2 crore. Based on specific intelligence inputs developed from monitoring the racket, officers of NCB, Bangalore Zonal and Hyderabad sub-zonal unit on Friday succeeded in intercepting a mini-truck used in trafficking Alprazolam at Kolar Industrial area in Karnataka’ Bidar, and seized 91.5 kg of Alprazolam from it.