An Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) constable, a young financial analyst and an Army officer's son were among 22 active members of a syndicate who were were arrested in multiple raids across the country as a pan-India darknet drug trafficking case was busted after a 4-month long operation. Speaking to ANI on Saturday, Gyaneshwar Singh, Deputy Director General (North Region) of NCB said that the accused have connections in the USA, the Netherlands, Poland etc.

"A total of 22 active members of the syndicate were arrested in simultaneous raids all over India at locations in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, Delhi, NCR, Punjab, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh having linkages with source countries including USA, UK, Netherlands, Poland etc," he said. Singh informed that an official of the NCB, who connived with the main accused Jasbir Singh in the destruction of evidence, was also charged under Section 59 A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. The NCB official has been arrested and is currently in judicial custody.