A Maharashtra based gang that posed as Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers and allegedly conducted fake raids to extort money was busted by the Maharashtra Police, the NCB said on Saturday.

According to the Mumbai zonal unit of the NCB, The Dahihanda Police Station in Akola, Maharashtra had received information that four persons were allegedly posing as officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau Department at Chohotta Bazar in Akot taluka, Akola on Thursday.  A police team went to Chohotta Bazar and detained them.