Hyderabad, May 18 (IANS) Three drug traffickers were arrested, and 39.470 kg of Alprazolam was seized, along with Rs 85.36 lakh cash, in Telangana’s Siddipet, the NCB said on Monday. Investigation revealed that the seized Alprazolam was being clandestinely manufactured at an illegal laboratory in Prashant Nagar, Hyderabad, by the arrested supplier, an MSc in Chemistry, an official said in a statement on X.In a separate case, the NCB earlier arrested a key Myanmar-based drug trafficker, Thancin…
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Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 13 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested a BCA student on charges of transporting hybrid ganja worth Rs 35 lakh in Mangaluru city, police said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as 21-year-old Suhana, a resident of Sagar in Shivamogga district.According to the police, the accused brought ganja from Chennai and sold it to students in the coastal city of Mangaluru.Police further stated that several criminal cases had already been registered against her in Beng…
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) Mumbai’s Samta Nagar Police have arrested a man in possession of brown heroin near a public toilet in Kandivali East. The seized narcotics are estimated to be worth approximately Rs 10 lakh in the illegal market.The accused has been identified as Vicky Vidhakar Padmukh, a resident of Kandivali East. A case has been registered against him under the relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and he has been taken into custody.Accordi…
Ahmedabad, April 12 (IANS) Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrested two men after they were found in possession of a banned narcotic substance during a raid in the Behrampura area in Gujarat, officials said on Sunday. Acting on specific intelligence, officers conducted a raid in an open ground near Santoshnagar Four Buildings, opposite the wall of a private company, and apprehended Hasmukh Sargara (27) and Manish Sargara (26).Police said the accused were found in illegal possession of 52.410 grams of mep…
Bengaluru, March 31 (IANS) A 27-year-old woman, identified as Rithika Rai, was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle SIM cards and narcotic substances into the Central Prison in Bengaluru, police said on Tuesday.According to officials, the incident occurred on March 26 at around 4 PM in the General Interview Section of the prison, where visitors are routinely screened before meeting inmates. Rithika had obtained a visitor pass to meet an undertrial prisoner, Farhan Khan.During a security …
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….
Ahmedabad, Jan 25 (IANS) Hybrid marijuana, with an estimated value of Rs 12.50 crore, was seized at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport and four passengers arrested on Sunday, officials said, uncovering what is believed to be an international drug smuggling operation using the air route to bring contraband into India. The seizure followed specific intelligence inputs received by Customs and police authorities about the possible smuggling of narcotics from Southeast Asia.Ac…