Archive · 19 Aug 2026
DRI Seizes 572 Kilograms Across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, or DRI, carried out drug investigations across the country.
It seized 690 kilograms of illegal drugs in about two-and-a-half months.
More than 572 kilograms came from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
The agency arrested 25 people, including 16 from those two states.
Some of the arrested people were foreign nationals.
The drugs included methamphetamine, amphetamine, cocaine, poppy straw and cannabis.
The DRI said the seized drugs could have been worth Rs 43.5 crore in the illegal market.
The seizures happened in places including Bhopal, Indore, Ratlam, Raipur, Jaora and Seoni.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 690 kilograms of narcotics nationwide in about two-and-a-half months.
Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh accounted for 572.106 kilograms of the total seizures.
The DRI conducted 17 operations, seizing drugs valued at Rs 43.5 crore in the illicit market.
Twenty-five traffickers were arrested nationwide, including 16 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Seized substances included methamphetamine, amphetamine, cocaine, poppy straw and cannabis.
- Who
- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and local police arrested 25 alleged traffickers, including 16 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
- What
- Authorities seized 690 kilograms of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and arrested 25 people.
- When
- Over approximately two-and-a-half months, with the DRI’s MP Zonal Unit reporting operations since May 27.
- Where
- Across the country, including Bhopal, Ratlam, Indore, Raipur, Jaora and Seoni.
- Why
- The operations targeted illicit drug trafficking and followed DRI intelligence and investigations.
- Total drugs seized
- 690 kilograms nationwide
- Seizures in MP and Chhattisgarh
- 572.106 kilograms
- Operations
- 17 nationwide; eight by the DRI’s MP Zonal Unit
- Estimated illicit-market value
- Rs 43.5 crore
- Arrests
- 25 nationwide, including 16 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
- Foreign nationals arrested
- Three Nigerians and one Ugandan national were among those arrested
- Substances seized
- Crystalline methamphetamine, amphetamine, cocaine, poppy straw and cannabis