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…
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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…