The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday said it has got its first ‘Silver Notice’ published by Interpol, the global police body, against a Dubai-based Indian “drug trafficker” named Pawan Thakur.
Thakur is wanted by the federal anti-narcotics agency in connection with a case related to the recovery of 82 kgs of cocaine from Delhi in November 2024.
“The NCB, in close coordination with the Interpol, has successfully published a first Silver Notice and that is against an accused named Pawan Thakur,” the agency said in a statement.
Thakur is a “fugitive” and the “mastermind” behind the import, export, and trafficking of cocaine seized in last November in Delhi, it said.
“He arranged for the consignment’s import through an Indian port and facilitated its onward movement to Delhi by road.
“His associates managed warehousing and custodianship of the contraband in Delhi, while he personally mediated among handlers to ensure smooth distribution,” the NCB said.
The ‘Silver Notice’ came into being in January this year and is one amongst the eight types of colour-coded notices published by the Lyon-based Interpol.
The ‘Silver Notice’ helps in identifying, locating, and tracing properties and assets acquired through criminal proceeds by the fugitive across member countries.