Narcotics Control Bureau arrests two Sri Lankan nationals in major operation
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Duo is allegedly part of international drug trafficking syndicate.
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Duo is allegedly part of international drug trafficking syndicate.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has conducted a major operation culminating in the arrest of two Sri Lankan nationals who were allegedly key players of an international drug trafficking syndicate having links in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Australia.
The accused, identified as M.M.M. Nawas and Mohamed Afnas, had been operating from Chennai under assumed identities. “They were controlling mid-sea pick-up and delivery of narcotic drugs from Pakistani and Iranian vessels,” said the agency spokesperson, K.P.S. Malhotra. They had fled Sri Lanka following a crackdown by the enforcement agencies there.