The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today claimed to have busted an international drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of eight people and seizure of 22 lakh psychotropic tablets and at least 245 kgs of similar drugs that were being allegedly peddled over the darknet.
NCB deputy director (operations) KPS MAlhotra said, “22 lakh psychotropic drugs like Tramadol, 70,000 codeine-based cough syrups and 245 kgs of other category of drugs have been seized till now. A total of eight people have been arrested.”
Darknet is a hidden network within the internet that can only be accessed with specific software and tools, like the onion route.
KPS Malhotra said the syndicate members were using difficult-to-track voice over internet protocol calls to stay in touch and created websites in darknet to sell and deliver the narcotics through dedicated shippers to create anonymity.
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