Kabul, Jan 27 (IANS) Afghan police have discovered narcotic substances and arrested four individuals on charges of trafficking drugs in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday. Mullah Mohammad Nabi Kamran, provincial director for counter-narcotics police, said the suspects were detained in various areas of Pul-e-Khumri, the provincial capital. During the operation, security forces seized a range of narcotic substances, including hashish and other heroin-re…
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New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has dismantled an international drug syndicate operated by Nigerian nationals, leading to the seizure of cocaine and MDMA drugs valued at approximately Rs 5 crore.The operation was carried out by the WR-II unit of the Crime Branch as part of its zero-tolerance policy against narcotics.The team recovered 418 grams of cocaine and 925 tablets of Ecstasy/MDMA and arrested two foreign nationals from different parts of the national capital, a p…
Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Amid ongoing BMC polls, Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam on Wednesday raised concerns over a particular community’s “silent demographic and cultural invasion” in the city, saying that it is a planned modus operandi involving illegal encroachments, infiltration, and vote-bank politics.He further targeted Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray, questioning how many Bangladeshis and Rohingya infiltrators were settled in Mumbai by a minister who served in Uddhav’s cabinet.”Demogra…
Islamabad, Jan 5 (IANS) Over 15,000 incidents of robbery, snatching and theft were reported in Pakistan’s Faisalabad in 2025, with people facing a financial loss of more than Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 3.05 billion, according to police statistics compiled at the close of the year, local media reported. In 2025, police lodged 75,576 cases of different categories, demonstrating law-and-order pattern in the district. Faisalabad police has claimed a drop in crime compared to 2024 despite the high number…
Chandigarh, Jan 3 (IANS) Haryana Police on Saturday said 3,738 cases were registered under the Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act that led to the arrest of 6,801 traffickers and seizure of 55 kg heroin and 220 kg charas in 2025. The Haryana Police and the Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau (HSNCB) carried out a multi-dimensional anti-drug campaign that went far beyond routine seizures and arrests, targeting the illegal assets, financial lifelines, organised syndicates, and sup…
Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Workers’ Rights Retrieval Kazhagam on Wednesday strongly condemned the “brutal attack” on a migrant worker from Odisha in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruttani, blaming the DMK government for what it described as the growing menace of drugs and lawlessness in the state. In a statement, AIADMK founder and former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam said the shocking incident, in which a group of teenage boys allegedly assaulted a man with s…
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday strongly condemned the brutal attack on a migrant labourer from Odisha aboard a train bound for Tiruttani, describing the incident as a disturbing reflection of the growing drug menace and rising violence involving juveniles in the State. Addressing reporters, CPI(M) State Secretary P. Shanmugam expressed deep concern over the incident, in which four minors allegedly assaulted the migrant worker with lethal weapons. Accordi…
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator Seeman on Tuesday strongly condemned the brutal killing of a migrant labourer in Tiruttani, describing the incident as a shameful blot on Tamil society and a direct consequence of the State government’s failure to curb drug abuse and crime. Seeman referred to the murder of Siraj, a migrant worker from Odisha, who was allegedly attacked and killed by four drug-addicted youths while travelling on a suburban train to Tiruttani. He…