Operation RAGEPILL: NCB makes India's first-ever seizure of Captagon, 227.7 kg worth ₹182 crore
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) announced on 16 May 2026 that Operation RAGEPILL had produced India's first-ever seizure of Captagon – about 227.7 kg of tablets and powder worth about ₹182 crore – and the arrest of a Syrian national.
Summary
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on 16 May 2026 that its Operation RAGEPILL had busted an international syndicate trafficking Captagon, making India's first-ever seizure of the drug. Acting on input from a foreign drug law enforcement agency, NCB recovered about 31.5 kg of Captagon tablets hidden in a chapati-cutting machine at a house in Neb Sarai, New Delhi, on 11 May, and then about 196.2 kg of Captagon powder from a container from Syria at a Container Freight Station in Mundra, Gujarat, on 14 May. The total seizure of about 227.7 kg is valued at about ₹182 crore in Gulf and Middle East markets, and an overstaying Syrian national was arrested. Captagon mainly contains fenetylline and amphetamine, psychotropic substances under the NDPS Act.
Key facts
- Operation
- Operation RAGEPILL (NCB)
- First
- India's first-ever seizure of Captagon
- Seizures
- 31.5 kg tablets, Neb Sarai, Delhi (11 May); 196.2 kg powder, CFS Mundra, Gujarat (14 May)
- Total
- About 227.7 kg, worth about ₹182 crore
- Arrest
- One overstaying Syrian national
- Contents
- Fenetylline and amphetamine – psychotropic substances under NDPS Act
- Destination
- Saudi Arabia / Gulf and Middle East
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Operation RAGEPILL, announced by the NCB in May 2026, led to India's first-ever seizure of which drug?
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Correct answer: C — Captagon
Operation RAGEPILL resulted in India's first-ever seizure of Captagon.
Under Operation RAGEPILL, about 196.2 kg of Captagon powder was recovered from a container at which port location?
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Correct answer: B — Mundra, Gujarat
The 196.2 kg of Captagon powder was recovered from a container at a CFS in Mundra, Gujarat, on 14 May 2026.
According to the NCB (May 2026), Captagon mainly contains which substances?
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Correct answer: D — Fenetylline and amphetamine
NCB said Captagon mainly contains fenetylline and amphetamine, psychotropic substances under the NDPS Act.