Operation WHITE STRIKE: NCB Busts Major Cocaine Syndicate in Mumbai Region seizing 349 kg High-Grade Cocaine worth an Estimated Value ₹1,745 Crore

• Operation WHITE STRIKE is a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) anti-narcotics operation that culminated on 1 May 2026 with the seizure of 349 kg of high-grade cocaine valued at ₹1,745 crore in the Mumbai region.
• One of India's largest cocaine seizures, dwarfing the historical average of ~200–300 kg seized nationally per year.
• UPSC relevance: illustrates NCB's bottom-up intelligence model, the NDPS Act, 1985 framework, transnational drug trafficking routes, and India's "zero-tolerance" narcotics policy under MHA.