Gorakhpur, June 15 (IANS) In a major crackdown on narcotics trafficking, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Gorakhpur Zonal Unit, in coordination with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), seized 124 kg of ganja from the godown of a courier company in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and arrested a suspected drug trafficker, officials said on Monday.The operation was carried out on Sunday following specific intelligence inputs as part of the Centre’s campaign for a “Drug-Free India” envisioned b…
Latest Gorakhpur Zonal Unit News & Updates
Lucknow, Feb 12 (IANS) A Special NDPS Court in Uttar Pradesh sentenced four drug traffickers, including one each from Gujarat and Odisha, to 15 years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the seizure of 601 kg ganja in 2018, an NCB official said on Thursday.In June 2018, the traffickers were apprehended at Zadeswar Chowkdi, Bharuch, Uttar Pradesh, with over 601 kg of ganja in their possession, said an NCB statement.The Special Court, Bharuch, sentenced Pramod Kumar and Shishupal from Bulan…