New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) recently secured the return of Virender Singh Basoya, a fugitive drug kingpin from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), marking a major crackdown on a narcotics trafficking network.

Home Minister Amit Shah announced the development on Friday. In a post on X, Shah termed it a new milestone in the Central government's zero-tolerance policy against narcotics. He wrote, "Modi govt is relentlessly tracking down drug traffickers hiding abroad and destroying their entire ecosystem with a ruthless approach."

He added, "Creating a new milestone in the policy of zero tolerance against narcotics, the NCB secured the return of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from the UAE. By tracing th...