India, May 16 -- Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Narcotics Control Bureau has made its first-ever seizure of Captagon tablets, commonly referred to as the "Jihadi drug", worth around Rs.182 crore under a nationwide crackdown named Operation Ragepill.

The massive drug consignment was seized from Gujarat's Mundra Port and Delhi's Neb Sarai area. Officials said a Syrian national was arrested in connection with the case and investigations are underway to probe possible terror links.

According to officials, nearly 200 kg of Captagon tablets arrived from Syria concealed inside a wool consignment container at Mundra Port. Another portion of the narcotics was allegedly hidden inside tea leaf boxes in Delhi before being routed towards...