Bengaluru's big drug bust: 19 arrested, ₹7.7cr in narcotics seized
Bengaluru police just pulled off a major crackdown on drug trafficking recently, arresting 19 people—14 of them foreign nationals—and seizing drugs worth ₹7.7 crore.
Officers confiscated over 2.8kg of MDMA and at least 2.1kg of hydroponic ganja in the operation, and they're still tracking down others linked to the supply chain.
How it went down
Among those caught was a Kenyan woman found with ₹4.08 crore worth of MDMA, reportedly supplied by suspects from Tanzania and Nigeria who are still at large.
In another case, a Nigerian woman was picked up with more MDMA, while five others were caught with hydroganja valued at ₹60 lakh.
Police also intercepted parcels stuffed with drugs hidden inside snack packets shipped from Thailand and France—these were stopped at the Foreign Post Office before reaching city streets.
What happens next
The foreign nationals have been sent for document checks and face deportation proceedings.
Police say they're not done yet—they're actively trying to break up the rest of this international supply network to keep Bengaluru safer from drug trafficking.