NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU NEW DELHI

NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU NEW DELHI ------------------------------------ DRUG SITUATION REPORT/SIGNIFICANT EVENTS REPORT FOR INDIA FOR THE ONTH OF ARCH 2015 ********** This report is based on the information received from various State and Central drug law enforcement agencies till the end of arch 2015. Significant seizures effected earlier but reported during arch 2015 are also incorporated in this report. ***********

SEIZURES EFFECTED IN THE ONTH OF ARCH, 2015 On 02.03.2015, officers of NCB, Kolkata Zonal Unit in association with State Excise & State Police destroyed illicit opium cultivation spared over 25 acres of land under PS- English Bazar, District alda, West Bengal. On 02.03.2015, officers of NCB, Zonal Unit seized 450 gram of ephedrone near Tagore Garden etro Station, New. 01 person was arrested. On 03.03.2015, officers of the 105 th Bn., BSF, KSWALA, Ferozpur, Punjab seized 4.620 kg of and handed over to NCB s Amritsar Sub Zone for further investigation under NDPS Act. The suspected source of the seized drug was South West Asia. On 03.03.2015, officers of NCB Imphal Sub Zone along with Field G team of 54 th Bn., BSF, Imphal seized 105 gram of, 10.000 kg of Ganja & Currency of Rs.1,17,090/- at Village Joljam, BPO Koite, PS Churachandpur, anipur. The suspected source of the seized drug was yanmar. On 03.03.2015, officers of NCB, Kolkata Zonal Unit in association with State Excise & State Police destroyed illicit opium cultivation spared over 30 acres of land under PS Old ald, District alda, West Bengal. On 04.03.2015, officers of NCB, Jodhpur Zonal Unit intercepted a vehicle at Chandrabhaga Tol Naka, Jhalawar and seized 998.100 kg of Ganja. 02 persons were arrested. On 04.03.2015, officers of the 67 th Bn., BSF, Ram Tirth, Amritsar, Punjab seized 10.110 kg of suspected Narcotic Drug and handed over to NCB s Amritsar Sub Zone for further investigation under NDPS Act. The suspected source of the seized drug was South West Asia. On 04.03.2015, officers of NCB, Kolkata Zonal Unit in association with State Excise & State Police destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over 21 acres of land under PS Chanchal, District alda, West Bengal and booked 02 cases. On 05.03.2015, officers of NCB, Goa Sub Zone seized 200 LSD papers (5.10 gram) at Assagao, Goa. 03 persons including 02 juvenile were arrested. On 08.03.2015, officers of NCB, Kolkata Zonal Unit in association with State Excise & State Police destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over 63.33 acres of land under PS Kaliachak, District alda, West Bengal and booked 02 cases. On 09.03.2015, officers of NCB, Kolkata Zonal Unit in association with State Excise & State Police destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over 50 acres of land under PS Baishnabnagar, District alda, West Bengal and booked 01 case. On 09.03.2015, officers of NCB, umbai Zonal Unit intercepted 03 parcels at /s DHL Express Courier, Andheri (E), umbai and seized 9.800 kg of Ketamine. The drug was concealed in front & back cover of folders. The suspected destination of the seized drug was Zambia. On 10.03.2015, officers of NCB, Kolkata Zonal Unit in association with State Excise & State Police destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over 44 acres of land under PS Baishnabnagar, District alda, West Bengal and booked 02 cases.

On 10.03.2015, Acting on the information provided by NCB, Ajmer Sub Zone the officers of NCB, Zonal Unit intercepted 08 parcels at Thana Gazi Sub Post Office, District Alwar, Rajasthan and seized 63.900 kg of Ganja. On 10.03.2015, officers of Goa Police seized 87 gram of & 0.3 gram papers of LSD at Tiswadi, Goa. 01 Nepal national was arrested. On 11.03.2015, officers of the 50 th Bn., BSF, Khasa, Amritsar, Punjab seized 2.030 kg of and handed over to NCB s Amritsar Sub Zone for further investigation under NDPS Act. The suspected source of the seized drug was South West Asia. On 11.03.2015, officers of NCB, Imphal Sub Zone along with NAB, anipur Police and 7 th J&K Light Infantry seized the 1.900 kg of orphine along with Currency of Rs.2,00,000/- at Bishnupur, anipur. 01 person was arrested. On 13.03.2015, officers of NCB, umbai Zonal Unit intercepted a parcel at /s Bombino Courier, Andheri (E), umbai and seized 5.890 kg of Amphetamine. The drug was concealed in the packets of Basmati Rice. The suspected destination of the seized drug was United Kingdom. On 15.03.2015, officers of Customs Preventive Post, Agartala Airport, Agartala seized 65000 bottles of Phensedyl cough syrup at Agartala. The drug was packed in sacks and boxes staked up in truck. The suspected destination of the seized drug was Bangladesh. On 16.03.2015, officers of NCB, Zonal Unit seized 25.000 kg of Pseudo Ephedrine at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New. 02 South African nationals were arrested. The suspected destination of the seized drug was South Africa. On 16.03.2015, officers of the 24 th Assam Rifles, Imphal apprehended 01 person and seized 77 gram of and handed over to NCB s Imphal Sub Zone for further investigation under the NDPS Act. 01 person was arrested. The suspected source of the seized drug was yanmar. On 16.03.2015, officers of 24 th Assam Rifles, Imphal apprehended 01 person and seized 15 gram of and handed over to NCB s Imphal Sub Zone for further investigation under the NDPS Act. 01 person was arrested. The suspected source of the seized drug was yanmar. On 18.03.2015, officers of NCB, Guwahati Zonal Unit seized 7.906 kg of Opium & 1.057 kg of at Basistha Chariali, Beltola, Guwahati. 02 persons were arrested. On 20.03.2015, officers of 87 th Bn., BSF, Amarkot, Punjab seized 455 gram of and handed over to NCB s Amritsar Sub Zone for further investigation under NDPS Act. The suspected source of the seized drug was South West Asia. On 21.03.2015, officers of NCB, Guwahati Zonal Unit along with State Administration and Local Police destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over 39.536 acres (16 hectares) of land at Shivaji Nagar, Loilang and ekialiang areas in Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh. On 22.03.2015, officers of NCB, Guwahati Zonal Unit along with State Administration and Local Police destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over 49.421 acres (20 hectares) of land at Tafragam and Changliang areas under Tezu circle in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh.

On 24.03.2015, acting on the information provided by NCB, Bangalore Zonal Unit, the officers of NCB, Kolkata Zonal Unit seized 38 blots (0.5 gram) of LSD from the residential premises at Radhnath Chowdhury Road, Kolkata. 01 person was arrested who was wanted in NCB, Bangalore Zonal Unit case No.48/1/6/2014/BZU. On 24.03.2015, officers of NCB, Zonal Unit in coordination with Customs, IGI Airport, New conducted a joint operation and seized 9.600 kg of Cocaine from the possession of 02 South African nationals. The drug was concealed in the false bottom and upper layers of their suitcases. Officers of NCB, Zonal Unit also intercepted 01 Ghanian national at IGI Airport who was the suspected recipient of the drug. 02 South African & 01 Ghanian nationals were arrested. The suspected source of the seized drug was Brazil. On 24.03.2015, officers of NCB, Zonal Unit apprehended an Afghan national at IGI, Airport, New and seized 68 strips (10 tablets in each strip) of Zolpedam tablets from his possession. He was arrested. The drug was concealed in a bag. The suspected destination of the seized drug was Afghanistan. On 24.03.2015, officers of NCB, Lucknow Zonal Unit destroyed illicit opium cultivation spread over 0.017 Hectare (1 Biswa 4 dhur) in Plot No. 457, Khasra No. 287 of Village Adalpura, PS Chunar, District irzapur, Uttar Pradesh. On 25.03.2015, officer of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Chennai seized 50 kg of Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) at Padiayanallur, near Veeramakali temple, Chennai. 05 persons were arrested. On 25.03.2015, officers of the 67th Bn., BSF, Ram Tirth, Punjab seized 6.000 kg of and handed over to NCB s Amritsar Sub Zone for further investigation under the NDPS Act. The suspected source of the seized drug was South West Asia. On 26.03.2015, officers of NCB, Bangalore Zonal Unit seized 10 ml of LSD (liquid), 439 gram of sugar cubes laced with LSD, 3 gram of DA and 117 gram of mixture containing DA & ephedrone at Bengaluru. 03 persons were arrested. On 26.03.2015, officers of NCB, Zonal Unit intercepted a parcel at /s DHL Express Pvt. Ltd., Rama Road, near Kirti Nagar etro Station, and seized 1.600 kg of Opium. The suspected destination of the seized drug was Canada. On 27.03.2015, officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, uzaffarpur seized 50 kg of Hashish at uzaffarpur. The suspected source of the seized drug was Nepal. On 30.03.2015, officers of NCB, Zonal Unit seized 377 gram of at Automated ail Processing Centre, IGI Airport, New. The suspected destination of the seized drug was Spain. On 30.03.2015, officers of NCB, Zonal Unit seized 190 gram of Ganja at Automated ail Processing Centre, IGI Airport, New. The suspected destination of the seized drug was USA. On 31.03.2015, officers of NCB, Zonal Unit seized 1.320 kg of Cocaine at IGI Airport, New. The drug was concealed inside the body of accused in the form of 65 small packets/pellets, each were wrapped in cellophane paper. 01 South African national was arrested. The suspected source of the seized drug was Brazil.

On 31.03.2015, officers of NCB, Bangalore Zonal Unit seized 20.320 kg of Ganja at Bangalore City Railway Station. On 31.03.2015, officers of NCB, adurai Sub Zone seized 2.000 kg of Hashish at Virudhnagar District, Tamil Nadu. 01 person was arrested. On 31.03.2015, officers of Customs, Darjeeling, West Bengal seized 8.070 kg of Hashish at Darjeeling. 02 persons including 01 Nepal national were arrested. The suspected source of the seized drug was Nepal. During the month of arch, 2015, officers of the Customs, FPO, New intercepted 02 parcels containing 300 gram of Opium & 13 gram of Ketamine. The suspected destinations of seized drugs were United Kingdom & France. During the month of arch, 2015, officers of the Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) seized 2.100 kg of Hashish, 207 kg of Ganja, 159 gram of & 10 gram of Opium in 06 cases and arrested 06 persons including 03 Nepal nationals. The suspected source of the seized drugs in most of these cases was Nepal. *********

SIGNIFICANT SEIZURES DURING THE ONTH OF ARCH,2015 SL NO. DATE OF SEIZURE SEIZING AGENCY QUANTITY AND DRUG SEIZED (IN KGS.) PLACE OF ORIGIN INTENDED DESTINAT ION NAE OF PERSONS ARRESTED NATION- ALITY AGE SEX 1. 02.03.2015 NCB Kolkata, State Excise and State Police 2. 02.03.2015 NCB 3. 03.03.2015 BSF/NCB Amritsar 4. 03.03.2015 BSF/NCB Imphal 5. 03.03.2015 NCB Kolkata, State Excise and State Police 6. 04.03.2015 NCB Jodhpur 7. 04.03.2015 BSF/NCB Amritsar 8. 04.03.2015 NCB Kolkata, State Excise and State Police 9. 05.03.2015 NCB Goa 10. 08.03.2015 NCB Kolkata, State Excise and State Police 11. 09.03.2015 NCB Kolkata, State Excise and State Police 12. 09.03.2015 NCB umbai 13. 10.03.2015 NCB Kolkata, State Excise and State Police 14. 10.03.2015 NCB 25 acres of Illicit Opium 450 gram ephedrone 4.620 kg 105 gram & 10.000 kg Ganja along with Currency of Rs.1,17,090/- 30 acres of Illicit Opium 998.100 kg Ganja 10.110 kg Suspected Narcotics Drug 21 acres of Illicit Opium (in 02 cases). 200 LSD papers (5.10 gram) 63.33 acres of Illicit Opium (in 02 cases). 50 acres of Illicit Opium (in 01 case). 9.800 kg Ketamine 44 acres of Illicit Opium. (in 02 cases). 63.900 kg Ganja - - 1.Sachin Antil 27 SWA - - - - - yanmar - - - - - - - 1.Surya Prakash Rao 2.addala Shrinivas 36 26 SWA - - - - - - - 1.Vicky Fernandes 2.Shabaaz Adam Aga 3.ansuf Khan - - - - - - - - - - - Zambia - - - - - - - - - 23 16 16

15. 10.03.2015 Goa Police 87 gram & 0.3 gram papers of LSD 16. 11.03.2015 BSF/NCB 2.030 kg Amritsar 17. 11.03.2015 anipur Police, J&K Light Infantry & NCB Imphal 18. 13.03.2015 NCB umbai 19. 15.03.2015 Customs Agartala 20. 16.03.2015 NCB 21. 16.03.2015 Assam Rifles & NCB Imphal 22. 16.03.2015 Assam Rifles & NCB Imphal 23. 18.03.2015 NCB Guwahati 24. 20.03.2015 BSF/NCB Amritsar 25. 21.03.2015 NCB Guwahati, State Administrati on and State Police 26. 22.03.2015 NCB Guwahati, State Administrati on and State Police 27. 24.03.2015 NCB Kolkata 28. 24.03.2015 NCB 1.900 kg orphine along with Currency of Rs.2,00,000/- 5.890 kg Amphetamine 65000 bottles of Phesedyle Cough Syrup 25 kg Pseudo Ephedrine 77 gram 15 gram 7.906 kg Opium & 1.057 kg 455 gram 39.536 acres of Illicit Opium 49.421 acres of Illicit Opium 38 Blots of LSD (0.5 gram) 9.600 kg Cocaine - - 1.Lama Chewang Nepalese 62 SWA - - - - - - - 1.d. Abdul Barik 33 - United - - - - Kingdom - Bangladesh - - - - - South Africa 1. Chowdhury arcia Thembeka 2.Khumbane araret Sibongile South African 44 F South African yanmar - 1.d. Thoiba 35 yanmar - 1.Laishram Lokendro Singh - - 1.d.Nasiruddin 2.d. Dilawer Ali 33 F 50 SWA - - - - - - - 1.Yash Khanna 21 Brazil - 1.Lebogang Elizabeth Sibiya 2.ichelle Dookens 3.James Nelson South African South African Ghanaian 29. - 24.03.2015 NCB 680 tablets of - Afghanistan 1.Peshawrilal Afghani 22 Zolpidem 30. 24.03.2015 NCB 0.017 Hectare Lucknow (1 Biswa 4 Dhur) of Illicit Opium 31. 25.03.2015 DRI, 50 kg - - 1.. Raju 58 54-28 31 32 F F

Chennai 32. 25.03.2015 BSF/NCB Amritsar 33. 26.03.2015 NCB Bangalore 34. 26.03.2015 NCB 35. 27.03.2015 DRI, uzaffarpur 36. 30.03.2015 NCB 37. 30.03.2015 NCB 38. 31.03.2015 NCB 39. 31.03.2015 NCB Bangalore 40. 31.03.2015 NCB adurai 41. 31.03.2015 Customs, Darjeeling, West Bengal 42. arch, Customs 2015 FPO, 43. arch, 2015 New SSB Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) 6.000 kg 10 ml of LSD, 439 gram of sugar cubes laced with LSD, 3 gram of DA and 117 gram mixture of DA & ephedrone 1.600 kg Opium 50 kg Hashish 377 gram 190 gram Ganja 1.320 kg Cocaine 20.320 kg Hashish 2.000 kg Hashish 8.070 kg Hashish 300 gram Opium & 13 gram Ketamine 2.100 kg of Hashish, 207 kg of Ganja, 159 gram of & 10 gram of Opium 2.Syed Abu Thair 3.Niyaz Khan 4.Feroz Ibrahim 5.Harpreet Singh 29 33 30 33 SWA - - - - - - - 1.N Babu Kumar 2.Abishek 3.Swami Gowda 27 23 25 - Canada - - - - Nepal - - - - - - Spain - - - - - USA - - - - Brazil - 1.Bobby Collins South 42 Anagor @ Tiger African - - 1.Jairanga Kathirvel Raja Nepal - 1.Rekha Gurung 2.Sitam Gurung - United Kingdom & France Nepal - 1.Dinesh Ch. Sony 2.Sudesh ani Tiwari 3.Suraj Rawat 4.Churku Gudia 5.Ganesh Kumar Gupta 6.Ram Bahadur Saud 35 Nepalese - - - - Nepalese Nepalese Nepalese - - - - 32 35 22 - F *******