Hyderabad, May 16 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, May 16, announced that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized the first-ever consignment of Captagon in India, the so-called "jihadi drug", worth Rs 182 crore, in a landmark operation targeting a consignment destined for the Middle East.

Shah, posting on X, said the Modi government remains firmly resolved to achieve a "Drug-Free India."

"Glad to share that through 'Operation RAGEPILL', our agencies have achieved the first-ever seizure of Captagon, the so-called 'Jihadi Drug', worth Rs 182 crore," Shah said.

The home minister said the operation also led to the arrest of a foreign national. "The busting of the drug consignment destined for the Middle East and the arre...