New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) In a major crackdown on illicit substances, the Anti-Narcotics Squad (ANS) of Delhi’s East District Police has busted an inter-state drug syndicate operating between Delhi-NCR and Bihar, arresting six traffickers and recovering 58.7 kg of ganja along with Rs 5.31 lakh in cash, officials said on Sunday.According to police, two accused were apprehended earlier in the case, while four others were arrested during subsequent investigation, leading to the identification of k…
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New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a major interstate ganja trafficking network, seizing 210 kilograms of contraband valued at approximately Rs 20 crore and arresting four individuals in Nagpur.According to an official release, the operation was carried out on Saturday (April 11) based on specific intelligence inputs. NCB’s Mumbai Zonal Unit intercepted two accused, identified as P. Kumar and R. Kumar, who were travelling in a truck bearing a West Bengal r…
Hyderabad, March 31 (IANS) DRI and Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here seized hydroponic weed valued at about Rs. 8.9 crore from two Indian passengers who arrived from Bangkok. Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Air Intelligence Unit A(IU) of Customs seized 25.45 kilograms of hydroponic weed.Acting on an intelligence input, they detained two passengers arriving from Bangkok on Flight FD-118. During baggage checks, the officials found multiple …
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) In a major breakthrough against narcotics trafficking, the Anti-Narcotics Squad (ANS) of Delhi Police has apprehended a key supplier allegedly involved in the illegal distribution of ganja across the National Capital Region (NCR), officials said on Sunday.The arrest follows sustained surveillance, technical analysis, and persistent follow-up on leads that emerged during the investigation of an earlier case under the NDPS Act. In that case, police had recovered a commer…
Amaravati, March 13 (IANS) In a significant crackdown on the illicit manufacture of synthetic drugs, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a clandestine facility engaged in the production of Alprazolam, a psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act, 1985, in Andhra Pradesh. The DRI raided the factory at Kondapalli Industrial Development Area of NTR district and seized 237 kg of drugs worth R.47 crore.It also seized 3.5 tonnes of chemicals and arrested two persons.An intelligence…
Guwahati, March 9 (IANS) The NCB, in a joint operation with the CRPF, arrested two drug traffickers and seized 524.9 kilograms of Ganja, estimated to be worth Rs 2.6 crore, an official said on Monday.On Sunday, acting upon specific input, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Guwahati Zonal Unit, intercepted one truck at Khatkhati in Assam in a joint operation with 155 Battalion CRPF.Upon thorough search of the vehicle, a total of 524.9 kilograms of Ganja, estimated to be worth approximately Rs 2….
Ahmedabad, March 2 (IANS) A Special Court in Ahmedabad sentenced a drug trafficker to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh in a mephedrone smuggling case of 2023, a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official said on Monday.An Additional Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad, convicted Mohammad Irfan Usmangani Saiyad, a resident of Kalupur, Ahmedabad, in the case.The case pertained to the seizure of 155 grams of mephedrone and 43 grams of charas at Kalupur Railway Station, Ahme…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 26 (IANS) In a major development, the Koraput Police on Thursday busted an interstate hashish oil manufacturing temporary unit and seized 1,800-litres of oil worth around Rs 225 crore.Following the receipt of precise and actionable Intelligence inputs regarding suspicious activities in the region, a raid was meticulously planned and led by Koraput Superintendent of Police, Rohit Varma.Acting swiftly on the information, a coordinated operation was launched in the dense forested s…
Chennai, Feb 25 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday intensified its attack on the ruling DMK government, alleging that the State has witnessed a sharp rise in narcotics trafficking over the past four-and-a-half years and calling for the immediate formation of a Special Anti-Narcotics Task Force. BJP State spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad claimed that Tamil Nadu was “sliding towards becoming India’s drug capital”, and accused the government led by Chief Minister M….
Jabalpur, Feb 19 (IANS) A Special NDPS Court in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Thursday sentenced three drug traffickers to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh each for interstate activities involving Ganja (Cannabis), an NCB official said. The three convicts were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Bhopal Zonal Unit in 2000 for their involvement in the trafficking of over 870 kg of Ganja from Odisha to Madhya Pradesh via Chhattisgarh, said a statement issu…