Agartala, July 3 (IANS) Tripura Police are firmly committed to eliminating the drug menace and making the state drug-free, senior officials said on Friday, after the recovery of a huge consignment of banned cough syrups worth over Rs 2.36 crore from the Deoghar Express at Agartala Railway Station after the train arrived from Bihar. Inspector General of Police (Intelligence and Security) Krishnendu Chakraborty, Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Manchak Ipper, along with other senior pol…
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Imphal, July 2 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday emphasised that robust inter-agency coordination remains the cornerstone of India’s efforts to combat drug trafficking and realise the vision of a ‘Drug-Free India’. To further strengthen coordination among enforcement agencies, the NCB held the quarterly state-level Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting for Manipur at the state Police Headquarters in Imphal on Thursday.According to a post on the NCB’s official X handle, t…
Ahmedabad/Surat, June 26 (IANS) Gujarat Police marked the ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’ on Friday with large-scale public awareness events in Ahmedabad and Surat, as senior officers reiterated the state’s commitment to tackling narcotics trafficking and preventing drug abuse through sustained enforcement and community participation.In Ahmedabad, the Gujarat Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) organised a cyclothon at the Sabarmati Riverfront to spread aware…
Gandhinagar, June 26 (IANS) Gujarat Police have seized more than 1.36 lakh kilograms of narcotic substances worth over Rs 13,600 crore and arrested 5,346 people in connection with drug trafficking cases over the past five years, as the state intensified its campaign against organised drug networks and international smuggling operations. The figures were released ahead of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26, with senior state officials highlighting the resu…
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, on Tuesday unveiled a multi-pronged institutional overhaul aimed at dismantling the financial and operational networks of the state’s narco-mafia, reiterating the government’s zero-tolerance policy towards drug trafficking.During Question Hour in the state Assembly, Fadnavis cited the recent arrest of transnational drug lord Mohammad Salim Dola, alias Salim Ismail Dola, to defend the state’s d…
Jaipur, June 19 (IANS) In a major statewide anti-narcotics operation, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Friday carried out four coordinated raids across Rajasthan’s Jalore, Beawar and Jaipur, dismantling multiple drug trafficking networks and arresting five alleged drug peddlers. The operations, conducted under the guidance of Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Kumar Sharma, led to the seizure of large quantities of opium, smack (heroin), and cannabis, along with cash believe…
Vadodara, June 13 (IANS) Police in Gujarat’s Vadodara have seized hybrid cannabis valued at more than Rs 86 lakh from a flat in the city’s Alkapuri area, following a raid conducted by the Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of CID Crime on the basis of specific intelligence inputs, officials said on Saturday. According to an official release issued by the ANTF, officers of the Vadodara Zone raided a residence at Vatsalya Flat on Jetalpur Road after receiving information that narcotic substances w…
Jaipur, June 10 (IANS) Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has seized 88.970 kg of illicit opium latex valued at approximately Rs 4.5 crore in the international market, in a major breakthrough in its ongoing campaign against narcotics trafficking.The contraband, which was allegedly being transported from Manipur to Rajasthan through an inter-state trafficking network, was recovered from a specially designed concealed compartment beneath a truck intercepted in Sirsa district of Ha…
Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday inaugurated the technical and intelligence facilities, including the state-of-the-art Special Intelligence and Technical Unit (SITU) at the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) police station in Mohali, officials said. The DGP also inaugurated the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) room, interrogation room and the office of the Deputy Superintendent of Police at the ANTF police station. The…
Ahmedabad, June 2 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police have seized methamphetamine weighing 7.084 kg, valued at over Rs 14.16 crore, and arrested a 48-year-old man during a targeted operation in the Naroda area following specific intelligence inputs, officials said on Tuesday.According to officials, senior officers had directed all units to intensify action against illegal narcotics trafficking and distribution networks.Officials said in-charge Inspector S.A. Kotadiya received confidential information th…