Anti-Narcotics Task Force bust international narcotics network, six held

CHANDIGARH: (Feb 28) The Punjab Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has busted an international narcotics network operating across the Tricity region here and Ludhiana, with the arrest of six key operatives and seizing an "unprecedented" haul of narcotics, MDMA tablets and cocaine.

The seized contraband includes 1,215 MDMA tablets — one of the largest MDMA tablet (a psychoactive drug) recoveries in the country — 263 grams cocaine, 82 grams methamphetamine (ICE), 1.2 kg of various THC (psychoactive substance) variants, 16 grams "magic mushrooms", and 400 grams of opium.

These highly potent, foreign-origin party drugs were aimed at targeting urban youth across club and party circuits in the Tricity (Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula) area, according to an official statement.