Aizawl, June 4 (IANS) In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, Mizoram Police arrested eight women and seized heroin valued at over Rs 70 lakh in six separate operations conducted along the border of Champhai district within a single day, officials said on Thursday. Mizoram Police in Champhai district in eastern Mizoram arrested the eight women and seized heroin worth more than Rs 70 lakh in six separate operations carried out within a single day on Wednesday, marking one of the district’s bi…
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Jaipur, June 4 (IANS) In what officials describe as a relentless surgical strike on Rajasthan’s narcotics underworld, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) has, within just one year of its formation, dismantled major drug trafficking networks, arrested 557 accused, and seized narcotics and assets worth more than Rs 679 crore. From destroying illegal opium cultivation and raiding clandestine drug manufacturing units to intercepting cross-border smuggling operations involving heroin, weapons, and dr…
Amman, Dec 25 (IANS) Jordan carried out a series of airstrikes in southern Syria’s Sweida province, targeting suspected drug smuggling networks and storage sites near the border, Syrian media and a rights monitor reported.Syrian state-run Ikhbariya TV said the raids late on Wednesday (local time) hit drug storage locations and a weapons facility used by armed smuggling gangs. It added that a former Syrian army outpost, recently repurposed for narcotics storage, was also destroyed, reports Xinhua…