India's Narcotics Control Bureau busts secret meth lab near Delhi, reveals it has Mexican drug cartel link
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India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday (Oct 29) said that they had busted a clandestine methamphetamine manufacturing laboratory in Gautam Budh Nagar of Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region).
The NCB and the Delhi police conducted a joint operation, in which they busted the lab which has been linked to the Mexican drug cartel – Cartel De Jalisco Nueva Generacion.
Indian nationals were running the laboratory in an industrial area in Kasna Industrial Area of district Gautam Budh Nagar, the NCB said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the lab was meant to make synthetic drugs like methamphetamine for export to other countries as well as consumption in India.
The NCB team found about 95 kg of methamphetamine in solid and liquid forms, including chemicals like Acetone, Sodium Hydroxide, Methylene Chloride, Premium grade Ethanol, Toluene, Red phosphorus, and Ethyl Acetate. Additionally, imported machinery for manufacturing was also found.
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NCB’s DDG Kumar Singh said, “Acting on information that a laboratory had been established in NCR of Delhi for production of synthetic drugs like methamphetamine for export to other countries as well as consumption in India, in which members of Mexican CJNG drug cartel (Cartel De Jalisco Nueva Generacion), are also involved, NCB conducted search operation in a factory in Kasana Industrial Area, Gautam Budh Nagar district October 25, 2024 and found about 95 kg of Methamphetamine in solid and liquid forms.”
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"The Delhi Police’s special cell also participated in the operation as the drug network had footprints across several places in NCR of Delhi," Singh added.
Earlier, the businessman had been arrested by the Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in an NDPS case and had been lodged in Tihar Jail. There at the jail, he met with the prison warden who became his accomplice, according to the statement.
(With inputs from agencies)
