--- title: "Who has taken charge as the new chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)?" description: "Who has taken charge as the new chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)?" author: "Hemant Patel" published: 2018-02-06 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34161/who-has-taken-charge-as-the-new-chief-of-the-narcotics-control-bureau-ncb category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Who has taken charge as the new chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)? Who has [taken charge](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39308/who-has-taken-charge-as-the-new-inspector-general-of-police-igp-kashmir-range) [as the new chief](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32120/who-is-appointed-as-the-new-chief-minister-of-himachal-pradesh) of the Narcotics [Control](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/137/asp-dot-net-ajax-control-toolkit-calendarextender) Bureau ([NCB](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32095/who-has-been-appointed-the-new-director-general-of-narcotics-control-bureau-ncb))? ## Answers ### Answer by akriti kashyap **Officer Abhay** who was having a seven-year stint with the CBI in the past apart from heading the crime branch and special branch of the Odisha Police **has taken charge as the new Chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).** Abhay is 1986-batch police officer of Odisha cadre and has been appointed as the new chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). ![Who has taken charge as the new chief of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/36199cf5-6862-44e6-b05c-e9479ca6f62c/images/783b6bfe-1fc5-44e5-afa9-22dbfc19ba66.png)\ **Abhay,** before being appointed to this post, has **been working in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) as an Additional DG.** His **appointment to this post has been recently approved by the Prime Minister** and the **Appointment Committee of the cabinet and he will be posted on this position till 18th November 2019 as per the stint in central deputation.**\ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34161/who-has-taken-charge-as-the-new-chief-of-the-narcotics-control-bureau-ncb Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.