NACOC destroys seized drugs valued at over $10m at Bundase
More than US$10 million worth of seized narcotic substances have been taken out of circulation following a destruction exercise by the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) at Bundase. The consignment included millions of synthetic opioid tablets and capsules, thousands of bottles of codeine-based cough mixture and hundreds of kilogrammes of cannabis confiscated during anti-drug operations. Synthetic opioids accounted for the largest share of the drugs destroyed, with 4,730,100 capsules and tablets estimated to be worth US$5.9 million.