Bhubaneswar, May 2 -- In a landmark operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dismantled a massive international cocaine trafficking syndicate operating in the Mumbai region, seizing a staggering 349 kilograms of high-grade cocaine worth an estimated Rs.1,745 crore in the illicit market. This breakthrough comes after over six months of painstaking intelligence work and surveillance by the NCB, culminating in a high-impact operation dubbed Operation WHITE STRIKE.

The operation targeted the Kalamboli-Bhiwandi corridor in Navi Mumbai and Thane, a known logistics route for transnational narcotics trafficking. Acting on precise intelligence, NCB teams intercepted a Maruti Suzuki Super Carry (CNG) vehicle near Kalamboli's KWC Warehousi...