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NEW DELHI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an international drugs cartel with the arrest of nine people and seizure of narcotics worth about Rs 1,300 crore, an NCB statement has said.

The statement further said it seized one of the largest quantity of psychotropic drugs (Cocaine) in the country, at 20 Kg, from a drugs syndicate spread across Delhi, the national capital region, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra, with global links in Australia, Canada, the US, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Columbia, Malaysia and Nigeria.

Five Indians, an American, an Indonesian and two Nigerians have been arrested in this operation, it said.

Looking at the gravity of the offences, NCB has constituted a Special Investigation Team to further probe links of this network and for launching effective prosecution.