LUCKNOW, Feb. 13 -- In a sweeping anti-narcotics drive, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) arrested seven drug traffickers and seized more than 521 kg of illegal narcotics in four major operations over Wednesday and Thursday. The combined value of the recovered contraband is estimated at over Rs.3.6 crore.

The four coordinated operations highlight active interstate narcotics routes linking Odisha and Jharkhand to western Uttar Pradesh and further north.

With seizures totaling over 521 kg of narcotics and seven arrests in just two days, the ANTF's intensified campaign marks one of the most significant crackdowns on organised drug trafficking in the state this year. The operations were carried out under the direction of se...