New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) As India intensifies its campaign against narcotics, enforcement agencies are confronting a new and rapidly evolving threat — drug trafficking networks operating through the dark web and cryptocurrencies. Officials say the narcotics trade is increasingly shifting away from conventional smuggling routes, making investigations more complex and hampering efforts to trace financial transactions.An Intelligence Bureau official said that it is no longer the routes used by nar…
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Guwahati, July 7 (IANS) The BRICS nations on Tuesday adopted the Guwahati Declaration, reaffirming their commitment to strengthen cooperation in combating illicit drug trafficking and transnational organised crime, with a strong focus on real-time intelligence sharing, digital technologies and coordinated law enforcement, officials said. According to an official statement, the declaration was adopted at the conclusion of the two-day BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies Meeting held in Guwahati unde…
Bengaluru, July 7 (IANS) In a major anti-drug crackdown, Bengaluru police have seized more than 35 kg of banned narcotic substances worth around Rs 5.70 crore and arrested 11 alleged drug peddlers, including nine individuals from other states and two local residents.In an official statement issued on Tuesday, the police said they seized 2 kg of MDMA, 1.767 kg of hydro ganja and 32.920 kg of ganja during the operations. In addition, the police recovered Rs 5.90 lakh in cash, two iPhones and a two…
Hyderabad, July 6 (IANS) Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) C.V. Anand said on Monday that drug traffickers will be treated as more dangerous than extremists and terrorists.He stated that drug offenders will be dealt with even more stringently under the law.The police chief said that effective control of drug trafficking and ganja smuggling in Bhadradri Kothagudem and Khammam districts would play a decisive role in strengthening anti-drug enforcement across the state.He made these remark…
Guwahati, July 6 (IANS) India has proposed the creation of a BRICS Virtual Working Group for real-time intelligence sharing and coordinated enforcement against transnational drug syndicates as the two-day BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies Meeting began in Guwahati under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026, officials said on Monday.The high-level meeting has brought together heads of anti-drug agencies and senior officials from BRICS member nations to strengthen cooperation against the growing global ch…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) India is set to host the BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies Meeting in Assam’s Guwahati on July 6-7. The discussion will focus on three key priority areas, including combating synthetic drugs and precursor diversion, strengthening intelligence sharing and operational coordination, and capacity building and institutional cooperation. The meeting, hosted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, will bring together the Heads of Anti-Drug Agencie…
Hyderabad, July 2 (IANS) The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) has dismantled a major interstate drug trafficking syndicate that was covertly distributing ‘ganja’ (cannabis) across India using postal and courier services. Operating primarily out of Jharkhand, the network was busted following the arrest of its key mastermind, Satyam Misra, H-NEW said on Thursday.Satyam Misra, a native of Giridih district, Jharkhand, is a former painter and transport vehicle driver. His elder brother Sh…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) National Narcotics Helpline MANAS (Madak Padarth Nishedh Asoochna Kendra) helpline recorded almost 1 million (over 9.94 lakh) connection attempts since launch for confidential drug reporting and support, the government said on Thursday.Nearly 2,65,673 drug‑related inputs were recorded on the portal as of June 2026 and MANAS has generated over 16,200 actionable drug‑trafficking intelligence inputs and connected over 47,500 calls to professional counselling services, a…
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) A father and his daughter were arrested after Cachar Police seized suspected heroin and psychotropic tablets during an anti-narcotics operation in Assam’s Cachar district, officials said on Tuesday.The accused have been identified as Shamsur Uddin Laskar and his daughter, Rubina Begum. Both were arrested following a late-night raid carried out by police in the Banskandi area under the Lakhipur Assembly constituency in Cachar district.Police said the operation was launche…
Kabul, June 30 (IANS) The counter-narcotics police in the fight against illegal drugs have discovered and destroyed a drug-processing lab in Helmand province south of Afghanistan, said a statement of provincial directorate for Information and Culture on Tuesday. The illegal laboratory was spotted in Baghran district on Monday, the statement said, adding that police also seized a huge quantity of illegal objects that were used in making illegal drugs from the site of operations.No one has been ar…