Captagon case: NCB arrests factory owner in Dehradun
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a factory owner in Dehradun for allegedly facilitating the illegal manufacturing of Captagon tablets. The owner, Sanjay Kumar, is accused of allowing the use of his facility for this purpose by a Syrian national who was previously arrested. The NCB's investigation revealed sophisticated machinery at the factory and links to a larger drug syndicate involving imports from Syria.
- ▪Sanjay Kumar was arrested for allegedly allowing his factory to be used for the illicit manufacturing of Captagon tablets.
- ▪The NCB seized over 227 kg of Captagon from a Syrian national's residence and a container in Gujarat.
- ▪The factory was found to have sophisticated machinery for tablet production and had previous drug-related cases against its owner.
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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a factory owner in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun for allegedly allowing use of the facility for illicit manufacturing of Captagon tablets by the Syrian national held earlier in the case, according to agency sources.The accused has been identified as Sanjay Kumar. NCB cracks major India-Myanmar drug syndicate, arrests kingpinAfter the NCB arrested Syrian national Alabras Ahmad from his rented accommodation in Delhi’s Neb Sarai and seized over 227 kg of Captagon in tablet and powder forms, he was taken into custody.During interrogation, he purportedly disclosed that the tablets seized from his Neb Sarai premises had been manufactured illegally at Green Herbal, Dehradun, in November 2025 by him, along with another Syrian accomplice.The factory owner…
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