Bengaluru, Oct. 13 -- In a major breakthrough, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dismantled a transnational drug syndicate operating in Bengaluru and seized a staggering Rs.50 crore worth of high-grade narcotics, including hydroponic marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.

Acting on a tip-off about a drug network smuggling premium-grade hydroponic cannabis into India from Thailand, NCB teams laid a trap at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), said a report by The Hindu. On October 9, officials intercepted two individuals who had just landed from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Their baggage, upon inspection, yielded 31.4 kilograms of hydro ganja and 4 kilograms of psilocybin mushrooms, a hallucinogenic substance commonly known as "magic mus...