MUMBAI: In a crackdown on organized narco-criminal networks, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) detained a habitual offender, Rahul Shedge, under the PIT-NDPS ACT. Shedge was intercepted on May 27 and subsequently lodged in the designated jail at Taloja Central Prison.“Shedge has been engaged in trafficking and preparation of illicit drugs due to which he was arrested four times by law enforcement agencies including NCB & DRI. He has thorough knowledge in chemistry and first turned to drug trafficking in 2009 when he was arrested by DRI Mumbai involving multiple drugs like Alprazolam, Nordazepam, Amphetamine and Diazepam. After being enlarged on bail, he continued his drug trafficking activities and was arrested by NCB Mumbai in 2012 in a major Ketamine trafficking case spanning across multiple cities. However, he continued to be engaged in drug trafficking after which he was again arrested in 2018 by DRI Mumbai for attempting to manufacture illicit drugs,” said a statement by NCB.“Shedge was arrested in 2025 by NCB Mumbai for illicit manufacturing of a chemical, a stage prior to synthesis of Ketamine. He had set up a chemical laboratory in Raigad district and conducted processes to manufacture chemical compound, a stage prior to making the finished product, so as to not get caught in the web of the NDPS Act,” the statement said.Recognising the need to put a stop to his activities, Narcotics Control Bureau diligently pursued a PITNDPS proposal against him which has provision of preventive detention.
