16.9.2025
India said it is ready to crack down on drug trafficking in the country as 660 foreigners have been arrested, they include 106 Nigerians.
According to Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said those who have been arrested will face the wrath of the law. Nepalese (203), Nigerians (106) and Myanmarese (25) top the list, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) revealed in its annual report.
The data provided by the NCB shows they have also arrested 18 Bangladeshi nationals, 14 from Ivory Coast, 13 from Ghana and 10 from Iceland for drug-related crimes.
According to the report, 163 cases of drug trafficking through drones were reported in Punjab and 187.149 kg heroin, 5.39 kg methamphetamine and 4.22 kg opium were seized from different sectors. In Rajasthan, 15 cases of drones were reported and 39.155 kg heroin was recovered, while in Jammu and Kashmir one case of drone was reported and 0.344 kg heroin was recovered, the data shows.
“India faces a growing challenge in combating narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances trafficking due to its geographic location between the Death Crescent (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran) and the Death Triangle (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos) – two major global drug-producing regions,” Director General (NCB) Anurag Garg said in the annual report.
“While the states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir are vulnerable to heroin smuggling from Pakistan, the north-eastern states — Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh — are affected by proximity to Myanmar. Coastal routes — Mumbai, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu — are now increasingly being exploited for the smuggling of synthetic drugs and precursors,” Garg said.