“The seizure operations in India led to the dismantling of a major international criminal network trafficking tramadol and other psychoactive substances that exploited the darknet,” it said. That was a significant increase over 2019 when India seized 144 kg of tramadol and other countries in South Asia reported combined seizures of 70 kg. In 2020, nine countries in Asia reported the seizure of a total of 1.2 tons of tramadol, a substance not under international control, of which India accounted for almost the entire amount intercepted. In March 2022, Sri Lanka Customs at the port of Colombo found 350 kg of cocaine in a container that had arrived from Panama via Belgium and Dubai, United Arab Emirates the consignment had been destined for India. The record level of seizures in 2021 was attributable to a single seizure involving 300 kg of cocaine discovered in a container that had originated in Panama and transited through Antwerp, Belgium, and Colombo. ![]() In the previous three years, such seizures averaged only about 40 kg. In Asia, India reported that seizures of cocaine amounted to 364 kg in 2021. The report said that port officials in India have reported seizures of large quantities of heroin detected in shipping containers, including almost 3 tons detected in Gujarat in September 2021, “which suggests there has been an expansion of drug trafficking along the southern route and through the Arabian Sea.” There has also been an increase of more than 70 per cent in seizures of opium, from 2,551 kg in 2017 to 4,386 kg in 2021, and a more than 90 per cent increase in seizures of cannabis, from 3,52,539 kg in 2017 to 6,75,631 kg in 2021, the report said, citing information reported by the Narcotics Control Board of India. The report said there has been a significant increase in seizures of drugs over the past five years, with the darknet and maritime routes emerging as the preferred modes of trafficking. ![]() The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) in its 2022 Annual Report, released on Thursday, also noted “proactive regulations” by India to deal with the illicit manufacture of large quantities of synthetic drugs. ![]() UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10: There has been significant increase in seizures of drugs in India over the past five years, with the darknet and maritime routes emerging as the preferred modes of trafficking, according to a UN narcotics watchdog.
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