Indore, July 23 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Indore Sub-Zonal Office has arrested three persons in connection with a major drug trafficking and money laundering racket involving 70 kg of Mephedrone (MDMA), valued at nearly Rs 70 crore, probe agency officials said on Thursday. The arrested individuals have been identified as Ved Prakash Vyas, Dinesh Agarwal, and Akshay Agarwal. They were taken into custody on July 21, 2026, following an investigation initiated on the basis of an FIR …
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Panaji, July 23 (IANS) The ED arrested Dubai resident Nihal V.N. in a major crackdown on crypto-hawala and an international narcotics money laundering syndicate, an official said on Thursday. As part of a strategy to dismantle the financial infrastructure of transnational narco-syndicates, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Goa Zonal Office, took Nihal V.N. into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.A Special Court (PMLA), Goa, remanded the accused…
Aizawl, July 22 (IANS) The Mizoram Police, in a series of coordinated anti‑narcotics operations over the past four days, seized Myanmar‑origin drugs worth an estimated Rs 23.23 crore and arrested 11 drug peddlers, officials said on Wednesday. A senior police official said that a joint team of the CID (Special Branch) and the Kolasib District Executive Force (DEF) conducted a narcotics operation along a stretch of the National Highway at Khamrang village in Kolasib district on Tuesday.During …
Guwahati, July 22 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dismantled a major India‑Myanmar transnational drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of a Myanmar‑based kingpin, marking the third such high‑profile arrest by the agency this year as part of its crackdown on cross‑border narcotics networks operating along the international border, officials said on Wednesday. According to an official statement, the arrested accused, Nengzatuan alias Tuanpi, a resident of Haichin in Myan…
Bharuch, July 20 (IANS) Gujarat authorities on Monday destroyed narcotics worth Rs 2,153 crore seized in 867 cases across the state, as Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said sustained action by the police had disrupted international drug smuggling networks and that efforts would continue to strengthen prosecution and convictions in narcotics cases. The destruction exercise was carried out at Enviro Infrastructure Limited’s facility at Dahej in Bharuch district under the state government’s an…
Indore, July 17 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Indore Sub-Zonal Office, has dealt a major blow to a multi-state drug trafficking network by conducting simultaneous search operations at multiple locations in Indore and Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The action was taken under the Union Government’s ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’ initiative and relates to the alleged trafficking of 70 kilograms of MDMA (Mephedrone) drugs, valued at approximately Rs 70 crore.The ED initiated the investigation …
Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar said on Friday that they have attached four properties worth Rs 3.34 crore under the NDPS Act.A police statement said that in a major action against drug trafficking under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan – 100 Days Campaign, Srinagar Police has attached four immovable properties worth Rs 3,34,51,957 under the provisions of Section 68F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.The attachment was carried out b…
Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Thursday achieved a breakthrough by framing charges in a landmark narco‑terror case in the Special NIA Court. A statement said: “In a breakthrough against narco‑terrorism and cross‑border terror financing, the Special NIA Court has ordered the framing of charges in a landmark case investigated by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), Kashmir, clearing the way for the trial of members of an alleged Pakistan‑backed Lash…
Banaskantha, July 11 (IANS) A Special NDPS Court in Palanpur has sentenced a man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with a Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) case involving the seizure of 16.575 kg of charas valued at more than Rs one crore, nearly six years after the narcotics were recovered. The judgment, pronounced on July 9, convicted Samir Ahmed Sheikh Nagori under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act based on evidence presented by the prosecution. Along w…
Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) The Mumbai Police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC), Kandivali Unit on Saturday arrested two more accused in connection with a major commercial MD drug case, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six. During the operation, police also seized 210 kg of liquid 2-Bromo-4-Methylpropiophenone, a regulated precursor chemical used in the manufacture of MD (Mephedrone), as the investigation into the drug syndicate continues.According to police, the arrests were made in conne…