New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to a man booked under the stringent provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after noting that he has spent nearly two years in custody and there is no likelihood of the trial concluding in the near future. A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Aravind Kumar allowed the appeal filed by Bapan Haldar and set aside the Calcutta High Court order, which had rejected his plea for regular bail. Haldar, arr…
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Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) A man was arrested with suspected brown sugar near the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar’s Kishanganj district on Friday (June 5) by a joint team of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Bihar Police. “Around 6.50 a.m., the 41st Bn SSB, Ranidanga, received a specific intelligence input regarding the concealment of suspected narcotics (Brown Sugar) at the residence of an alleged drug dealer in Darbhanga Tola area near Galgalia town,” an SSB official said.”Acting upon the input, a sp…
Jaipur, June 4 (IANS) In a major offensive against organised crime and mafia networks, Rajasthan Police has initiated legal proceedings to seize illegal assets worth over Rs 220 crore belonging to 636 criminals across the state.Acting under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and following directives from Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, authorities have already taken possession of assets valued at approximately Rs 32 crore in 13 cases.Chief Minister Sharma said the …
Jaipur, June 4 (IANS) In what officials describe as a relentless surgical strike on Rajasthan’s narcotics underworld, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) has, within just one year of its formation, dismantled major drug trafficking networks, arrested 557 accused, and seized narcotics and assets worth more than Rs 679 crore. From destroying illegal opium cultivation and raiding clandestine drug manufacturing units to intercepting cross-border smuggling operations involving heroin, weapons, and dr…
Srinagar, June 4 (IANS) A Srinagar property belonging to a drug peddler has been demolished, police said on Thursday.Police said that it has demolished a three-storeyed residential structure worth approximately Rs 2 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in the Rainawari area of Srinagar as part of the ongoing campaign against narcotics trafficking in Jammu and Kashmir.The action was carried out by Srinagar police in coordination with the Revenue Department under the ongoing anti-drug campai…
Srinagar, June 4 (IANS) The police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town said on Thursday that they have arrested four drug peddlers and recovered codeine bottles and psychotropic capsules.The police statement said that in a major breakthrough under the ongoing 100-Day Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan, Sopore Police achieved significant success against drug trafficking networks by arresting four drug peddlers in two separate operations and recovering a large quantity of narcotic and psycho…
Srinagar, May 30 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Srinagar district said on Saturday that it has attached property worth around Rs 2 crore belonging to drug peddlers, while in Shopian district, the immovable property of another drug peddler was also attached. A statement by Srinagar Police said that continuing its sustained and intensified crackdown against drug trafficking and narcotics networks under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police has attached multiple immovabl…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of Delhi Police’s South District has apprehended a “notorious female drug peddler involved in supply of synthetic drug smack/heroin” and recovered over 112 grams of heroin from her possession, according to an official Press release issued on Saturday.As per the Press note, the operation led to the arrest of Meena (Meenu), a habitual offender who had recently been released on bail in another NDPS case earlier this month. The police sai…
Jaipur, May 29 (IANS) In a major crackdown on the narcotics network in Rajasthan, the Pratapgarh Police have frozen movable and immovable assets worth Rs 3.2 crore belonging to two alleged drug traffickers under “Operation Trinetra”. The action was carried out under Section 68-F(1) of the NDPS Act under the supervision of Pratapgarh Superintendent of Police (SP) B. Aditya, officials said on Friday. Police said the properties were acquired through proceeds of crime generated from illegal drug tra…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) In a major crackdown on narcotics trafficking, the Special Staff of East District Police, along with the staff of Police Station Patparganj Industrial Area, apprehended two persons and recovered 234 grams of ganja from their possession near Sabji Mandi, Gazipur Road, Delhi. According to the police, the accused were arrested during intensive patrolling and surveillance operations conducted as part of a joint anti-narcotics drive under the ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ against d…