New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) With several international cartels being busted by the Indian security agencies, the shift to produce narcotics locally has begun. Smuggling drugs into the country is not as easy as it used to be, courtesy the drug-free initiative that has been initiated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government.Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, has on numerous occasions said that no effort will be spared to crack down on the narcotic cartels.Since the launch of this initiative, drugs…
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New Delhi/Aizawl, May 17 (IANS) In a major crackdown on transnational drug trafficking networks operating along the India-Myanmar border, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a key Myanmar-based drug trafficker from Delhi, the drug law enforcement central agency said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Thancintuang alias Chintuang alias Tluanga, was allegedly operating as a major supplier of methamphetamine tablets and heroin smuggled from Myanmar into India through the Northeast re…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday hailed the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) breakthrough against transnational synthetic drug trafficking networks, under Operation RAGEPILL, seizing 227.7 kg of Captagon or ‘Jihadi Drug’ worth Rs 182 crore from a Syrian national. In a post on X, HM Shah said, “Glad to share that through ‘Operation RAGEPILL’, our agencies have achieved the first-ever seizure of Captagon, the so-called ‘Jihadi Drug’, worth Rs182 cr…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said enforcement agencies have made India’s first-ever seizure of Captagon, a banned synthetic stimulant, commonly referred to as the “Jihadi Drug”, valued at Rs 182 crore.In a post on X, Shah said the seizure was made under “Operation Ragepill” and described it as a major step in the Centre’s anti-narcotics campaign.He said the consignment was destined for the Middle East and confirmed that a foreign national had been ar…
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) The Mumbai Crime Branch has filed an application in a special NDPS court seeking custody of Salim Dola, a close associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, officials said on Tuesday. Dola is currently in the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) until May 8, where he is being interrogated in connection with drug-related cases.The Mumbai Crime Branch will be able to take him into custody only after the court grants approval and his present remand with the NCB conclude…
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), under ‘Operation White Strike’, uncovered a large transnational cocaine trafficking syndicate and seized 349 kg of high-grade cocaine valued at nearly Rs 1,745 crore in the illicit market from Mumbai and adjoining logistics corridor, an official said on Friday. In a congratulatory message to the NCB on social media platform X, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “We are resolved to ruthlessly crush the narcotics cartel. The NCB has cracked…
Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) A Special NDPS Court in Ahmedabad sentenced three convicts involved in the interstate smuggling of charas to 10 years imprisonment and slapped fines ranging from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 1 lakh on them, an NCB official said on Thursday. The Special NDPS Court, Mehsana, held Shahidbhai Ibrahimbhai Maniyar, resident of Gomtipur, Ahmedabad; Rafik Dilawar Chauhan, resident of Gomtipur, Ahmedabad, and Maniyar Saiyedhussain Hasamiya, resident of Vatva, Ahmedabad, guilty under th…
Imphal, April 29 (IANS) Security forces have arrested two drug peddlers from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and seized 51 kilograms of opium valued at over Rs three crore in Manipur, officials said on Wednesday, dismantling an inter-state trafficking module linked to Myanmar. A police official stated that security personnel intercepted a truck carrying contraband opium at Leingangpokpi village in Jiribam district along the Imphal-Jiribam National Highway (NH-37). The occupants of the vehicle were appr…
Imphal, April 28 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau, in close coordination with the Assam Rifles and state police, has arrested two drug peddlers and seized 4.267 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 8.5 crore in Manipur, dismantling a trafficking module linked to Myanmar, officials said on Tuesday. The joint operation, carried out on Tuesday, led to the recovery of 374 soap cases containing heroin, weighing approximately 4.267 kg and valued at Rs 8.5 crore in the international market, an official c…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the deportation of Salim Dola marks a major breakthrough in the Modi government’s mission to dismantle drug cartels, and showcases the Centre’s “zero tolerance against Narco syndicate”. Dola, a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim, was arrested in Turkey and deported to India on Tuesday. He was brought to New Delhi in a special aircraft and handed over to the Central Intelligence officials. In a post on X, HM Shah said, “Zero …