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Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), Madhya Pradesh Unit, dismantled an inter-state counterfeit-drug and spurious-medicine network in Gaya and Masaurhi (Patna), Bihar, under 'Operation Vajra', following the mastermind's arrest on 22 July 2026.
The operation seized 8 illegal godowns and dismantled an illicit manufacturing unit, recovering 21,373 unauthorised Buprenorphine ampoules along with Tramadol tablets, Codeine syrup, and lakhs of counterfeit non-NDPS medicine units.
CBN's Madhya Pradesh Unit has booked 90 cases and arrested 121 suspects in the current calendar year, including 3 illicit lab busts.
Licenses and supervises opium poppy cultivation, and enforces laws against illicit narcotic drug manufacture and trafficking
Governs seizure, arrest and prosecution for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; Buprenorphine is scheduled as a psychotropic substance under the Act
Governs action against non-NDPS counterfeit/spurious medicines (e.g., Clavam-625, PAN-40, Azithral) seized and handed over to Bihar's State Drug Administration
GS Paper 3 > Internal Security > Narcotics Trafficking; Governance > Regulatory Enforcement Agencies
Recurring — CBN publishes periodic operation summaries like this
India's narcotics-licensing and enforcement body, headquartered in Gwalior, functioning under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance; established in 1950 as the Opium Department