A road interception, an airport search and a check near Jalandhar sit behind one national update. India’s Finance Ministry said on 4 October that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had made five arrests in three separate operations.

The official account places the operations on 29–30 September. It reports roughly 7.1 kilograms of suspected amphetamine following an interception near Indore, 4.9 kilograms of suspected cocaine at Hyderabad airport and 3.6 kilograms of suspected heroin near Phillaur. Those descriptions rely on the agency’s account of field tests, not a court finding.

The ministry says three people were arrested in the Madhya Pradesh operation and one in each of the other two. All five arrests were reported under the NDPS Act. The release does not supply trial outcomes or establish that the three operations concern one common group.

Corroborating reporting also describes the seizures, but some summaries blur the announcement date and the operation dates. This briefing follows the primary release: September events, an October update. It does not present the arrests as happening on 5 October or infer guilt from the allegations.