<p>Udupi: In one of the biggest global crackdowns on illegal pharmaceutical trafficking, the New Delhi-based Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a major international drug syndicate with critical operational links traced to Udupi, Karnataka. </p><p>The investigation into the illegal trafficking of prescription drugs, dubbed `Operation Med-Max', has revealed that a seemingly low-profile call centre in Udupi had played a key role in gathering international orders and dispatching the banned pharmaceutical drugs to over four continents.</p><p> NCB’s operations began with the arrest of two B Pharma graduates in New Delhi in May. Their confessions led investigators to a stockist in Roorkee and subsequently to a key associate in Mayur Vihar in New Delhi. This associate pointed to a contact in Udupi, who emerged as a crucial node in the global network.</p>.Opium in 'anardana goli': Delhi Police busts international drug cartel; two held. <p>Following a raid at the house of a contact, identified as Suresh Kumar K from Tamil Nadu, NCB had discovered a month ago data linked to 50 international consignments — notably 29 intra-USA shipments, 18 within Australia, and others to Estonia, Spain, and Switzerland. The local unit was operating a fully functional call centre, employing nearly 10 individuals, many of whom were reportedly unaware of the illegal operations.</p><p>The team handled international sales enquiries through a B2B portal and processed advance payments in cryptocurrency before routing them to supply module operators abroad.</p><p>Investigations further uncovered that the Udupi link was instrumental in coordinating shipments, managing clients, and recruiting re-shippers. The syndicate operated through encrypted messaging apps, used anonymous drop shippers, and accepted payments through crypto and digital wallets to avoid detection, informed sources in Udupi police.</p>.Kerala’s Drug Crisis | A war on users, a win for cartels. <p>Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar said the arrest of the contact in Udupi was linked to a New Delhi-based transnational drug trafficking racket and was not a local operation. The accused, Suresh Kumar, was operating a call centre named Med Max Digital Centre from Hayagreevanagara in Kunjeebettu and facilitated international orders for prescription drugs containing narcotics.</p><p>Hariram Shankar clarified that no drugs were manufactured or distributed from Udupi. Local staff, unaware of the illegal activities, were also not arrested, he added.</p>
<p>Udupi: In one of the biggest global crackdowns on illegal pharmaceutical trafficking, the New Delhi-based Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a major international drug syndicate with critical operational links traced to Udupi, Karnataka. </p><p>The investigation into the illegal trafficking of prescription drugs, dubbed `Operation Med-Max', has revealed that a seemingly low-profile call centre in Udupi had played a key role in gathering international orders and dispatching the banned pharmaceutical drugs to over four continents.</p><p> NCB’s operations began with the arrest of two B Pharma graduates in New Delhi in May. Their confessions led investigators to a stockist in Roorkee and subsequently to a key associate in Mayur Vihar in New Delhi. This associate pointed to a contact in Udupi, who emerged as a crucial node in the global network.</p>.Opium in 'anardana goli': Delhi Police busts international drug cartel; two held. <p>Following a raid at the house of a contact, identified as Suresh Kumar K from Tamil Nadu, NCB had discovered a month ago data linked to 50 international consignments — notably 29 intra-USA shipments, 18 within Australia, and others to Estonia, Spain, and Switzerland. The local unit was operating a fully functional call centre, employing nearly 10 individuals, many of whom were reportedly unaware of the illegal operations.</p><p>The team handled international sales enquiries through a B2B portal and processed advance payments in cryptocurrency before routing them to supply module operators abroad.</p><p>Investigations further uncovered that the Udupi link was instrumental in coordinating shipments, managing clients, and recruiting re-shippers. The syndicate operated through encrypted messaging apps, used anonymous drop shippers, and accepted payments through crypto and digital wallets to avoid detection, informed sources in Udupi police.</p>.Kerala’s Drug Crisis | A war on users, a win for cartels. <p>Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar said the arrest of the contact in Udupi was linked to a New Delhi-based transnational drug trafficking racket and was not a local operation. The accused, Suresh Kumar, was operating a call centre named Med Max Digital Centre from Hayagreevanagara in Kunjeebettu and facilitated international orders for prescription drugs containing narcotics.</p><p>Hariram Shankar clarified that no drugs were manufactured or distributed from Udupi. Local staff, unaware of the illegal activities, were also not arrested, he added.</p>
