Jaipur, May 18 (IANS) In one of Rajasthan’s largest financial crackdowns against narcotics traffickers, the Baran Police has launched massive action under “Operation Vajra Prahar”, targeting properties and bank assets allegedly acquired through the drug trade. Acting under Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, police have initiated proceedings to permanently freeze movable and immovable assets worth approximately Rs 5.82 crore linked to alleged narcotics smugg…
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Aizawl, May 18 (IANS) Assam Rifles personnel seized 1,200 detonators and arrested an individual in Mizoram’s Aizawl district, officials said on Monday. A defence spokesman said that in a successful operation, Assam Rifles troops recovered the detonators, used to trigger a larger explosion in a bomb or explosive charge, from the Durtlang area of Aizawl.During the operation, one individual was apprehended, and his vehicle seized.The spokesman said that the operation was launched based on specifi…
New Delhi/Aizawl, May 17 (IANS) In a major crackdown on transnational drug trafficking networks operating along the India-Myanmar border, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a key Myanmar-based drug trafficker from Delhi, the drug law enforcement central agency said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Thancintuang alias Chintuang alias Tluanga, was allegedly operating as a major supplier of methamphetamine tablets and heroin smuggled from Myanmar into India through the Northeast re…
Agartala, May 16 (IANS) Assam Rifles and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in a joint operation, seized narcotic substances valued at Rs 8 crore and arrested a suspected drug peddler in Tripura on Saturday, officials said.A Defence Spokesman said the Assam Rifles, in coordination with the DRI, achieved a major breakthrough against narcotics trafficking after seizing a huge consignment of highly addictive methamphetamine tablets from the Mungiakami area in Tripura’s Khowai district.A…
Srinagar, May 16 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Srinagar district have attached a residential house and land of a drug peddler valued at Rs 1.2 crore. The police said that during its sustained crackdown against drug trafficking under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police has attached an immovable property comprising a double-storeyed residential house along with land worth approximately Rs 1.2 crores situated at Gasoo Hazratbal.The police said that the property belong…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) India’s premier agency responsible for gathering and analysing intelligence from abroad, the Research and Analysis Wing, held its annual lecture series on Friday, which began in 2007 to honour its founder, Rameshwar Nath Kao. Union Home Minister Amit Shah delivered his address at the event this year on “Narcotics: A Borderless Threat, A Collective Responsibility”.In his statement, the Home Minister said that under the leadership of PM Modi, India had set a national…
Guwahati, May 14 (IANS) The Assam Police, in a major anti-narcotics operation, seized drugs valued at around Rs 21.36 crore and arrested five persons in Kamrup district, officials said on Thursday. The operation was carried out jointly by the Kamrup Police and the Assam Special Task Force (STF) based on specific intelligence inputs, officials added. According to the police, a bus coming from a neighbouring state was intercepted at Amingaon on the outskirts of Guwahati during the operation. Upon …
Jammu, May 14 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district said on Thursday that two alleged drug peddlers were arrested and 4.7 gm heroin recovered from their possession.A police statement said the action was taken as part of the sustained drive against drug trafficking and substance abuse under the Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan.The statement said District Police Reasi, under the supervision of SSP Reasi Mukund Tibrewal, achieved another success in its campaign against narcotic…
New York, May 12 (IANS) Citing the shared commitment with India to fight drug trafficking, the United States has banned visas for 13 people associated with an Indian business that was already sanctioned for allegedly trafficking in the deadly drug fentanyl, State Department Spokesperson Tommy Pigott announced on Tuesday. They “are close business associates of KS International Traders and its owner”, and the company “generated revenue through the trafficking of illicit fentanyl, which Pr…
Srinagar, May 12 (IANS) A residential house and land worth Rs 1.2 crore in J&K’s Srinagar district, belonging to a drug peddler, was attached during the ongoing 100-day-long Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan, police said on Tuesday.Continuing its sustained crackdown against drug trafficking under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police has attached an immovable property comprising a double-storeyed residential house along with land worth approximately Rs 1.2 crore…