Assumed criminal outfit is smuggling Indian cocaine (10)
I believe the answer is:
fictitious
'assumed' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'criminal outfit is smuggling indian cocaine' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'cocaine' could be 'c' (drugs abbreviation) and 'c' is found within the answer.
'outfit' could be 'fit' (synonyms) and 'fit' is found within the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fictitious that I've seen before include "Imaginary" , "Mythical" , "Invented" , "Not true" , "Make-believe" .)