Narcotics Control Bureau asks WazirX for details of alleged drug dealer

Mumbai: The Mumbai wing of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) recently sought details from cryptocurrency exchange WazirX about an alleged drug dealer who, according to the agency, used the platform to deal in contraband. On Tuesday, the NCB arrested Makarand Pardeep Adivirkar, aka Cryptoking, in Mumbai for allegedly using bitcoin to purchase the drug LSD on the dark web in November 2020.

WazirX has denied that the alleged dealer used its platform but the agency said it is looking into this.