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NCB arrests five individuals at Duvvada, seizes 4 kg hashish oil

Published - December 25, 2025 04:54 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM In a significant operation against inter-state drug trafficking, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) - Visakhapatnam Zonal Unit, has successfully dismantled a hashish oil trafficking network during an operation conducted on December 23 night. As per a release from the NCB officials, acting on credible information, a team of NCB officers, with the assistance of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), took up an operation at Duvvada Railway Station, resulting in the interception of five individuals, including one woman, and the seizure of 4 kg of hashish oil. Following examination, all five persons were arrested under relevant provisions of the NDPS Act.

NCB arrests five individuals at Duvvada, seizes 4 kg hashish oil

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Key Highlights

  • The NCB officials said that the arrested individuals include two persons from Thrissur district, Kerala, who were the intended receivers and had arrived in Paderu to coordinate with the supplier.
  • The supplier, a resident of Srikakulam district, has also been apprehended.
  • The remaining two individuals, including a woman, were employed as carriers and were tasked with transporting the contraband to Kerala for delivery to the receivers.
  • These carriers were given money by the receivers to carry the contraband to Kerala.
  • The receivers didn’t carry contraband themselves out of fear of getting caught in possession of the contraband.
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  1. NCB arrests five individuals at Duvvada, seizes 4 kg hashish oil

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