In a major breakthrough, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai has successfully dismantled an international drug trafficking syndicate operating through the darknet. A total of approximately 2000 tablets, weighing 996 grams, of MDMA (commonly known as ecstasy) were seized from a parcel at the Foreign Post Office (FPO) in Mumbai on June 20, the NCB said on Tuesday.

The investigation revealed that the narcotics were sourced from the Netherlands and had been cleverly concealed within tin cans. The NCB had received intelligence indicating the involvement of an African syndicate in procuring drugs through the darknet. Acting swiftly, the agency intensified its intelligence gathering and technical surveillance efforts to track down the culprits involved, the anti-drugs agency said.