Chandigarh, July 15 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border terror conspiracy with the arrest of one individual and recovery of one hand grenade and one 9mm glock pistol along with four cartridges from their possession, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Sumit Kumar, alias Pandit (24), a native of Sukhsal village in Ropar district and presently residing at Pandori Waraic…
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New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) In a significant operation, the Delhi Police apprehended a drug peddler in the capital on Wednesday and confiscated close to 1 kg of marijuana from his possession. The accused, identified as Devender alias Mangal, was apprehended by the Nand Nagri police team during the anti-narcotics drive.The 35-year-old drug peddler is a habitual offender with multiple instances of involvement in similar crimes. He was found to be previously booked in 6 criminal cases related to robb…
Chandigarh, July 14 (IANS) Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh on Tuesday urged the Union Government to strengthen surveillance along the international border to check cross-border drug smuggling. Singh told the media that Punjab is being deliberately targeted because it shares an international border with Pakistan. While the Punjab government has deployed anti-drone systems and strengthened enforcement, border security is the responsibility of the Central government. He added that advanced surv…
Jaipur, July 13 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday directed the Police Department to adopt a zero-tolerance approach towards crime, making it clear that Range Inspectors General (IGs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) will be held directly accountable for maintaining law and order in their respective jurisdictions.Chairing a high-level review meeting at his residence, the Chief Minister instructed police officers to move beyond routine arrests and focus on dismantling …
Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) J&K Police said on Monday that it has attached immovable properties worth Rs 1.23 crore belonging to an absconding drug peddler in the Sopore sub-division of Baramulla district.”In a major action against the narcotics ecosystem under the ongoing 100-Day Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan, Sopore police have attached two immovable properties worth over Rs 1.23 crore belonging to an absconding and notorious drug peddler under the provisions of Section 68F of the N…
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) In a major crackdown on interstate narcotics trafficking, the Delhi Police have seized 765.6 kg of ganja with an estimated market value of around Rs 2.30 crore and arrested four members of an interstate drug trafficking network, officials said on Monday. According to officials, the accused were tracked continuously for more than 36 hours across multiple states, including Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, before police teams successfully apprehended th…
Chandigarh, July 7 (IANS) Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted a narcotics smuggling network with the arrest of three people and recovered 25 kg of heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday. Those arrested have been identified as Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Jandaur village in Hoshiarpur, Ravi Kumar, a resident of Kirpal Colony in Dasuya in Hoshiarpur, and Vishal Singh, a resident of Fatahpur in Amritsar. Apart f…
Kochi, July 3 (IANS) The Kerala government said on Friday that the formation of a Special Task Force, led by the State Police Chief Ravada A. Chandrasekhar, to intensify the fight against drug trafficking as part of the next phase of ‘Operation Toofan’, the state’s flagship anti-narcotics campaign. Inaugurating ‘Toofan Jagaran’ at Perumbavoor, State Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the new task force would coordinate anti-drug operations across Kerala and lead efforts to dismantle inter-sta…
Bhopal, June 29 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is holding a three-day training programme on investigation of cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, beginning Monday, June 29, at the Central Academy for Police Training here. The event is hosting 26 NCB officers who will participate in an intensive training course on probing such cases, including financial investigations, according to the agency’s social media post on ‘X’. The programme is designed …
Ahmedabad, June 27 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has seized an additional 329.55 grams of mephedrone during the remand of an accused arrested in a courier-based drug trafficking case, taking the total recovery in the investigation to 701.10 grams of the synthetic narcotic with an estimated market value of Rs 70.11 lakh.The latest seizure followed the interrogation of accused Asuram alias Ashokkumar Bhadu (Bishnoi), 32, a native of Balotra district in Rajasthan, who had earlier been arrested …