Srinagar, May 19 (IANS) Ramping up its crackdown against drug trafficking and narcotics-related activities, the Srinagar Police on Tuesday attached properties of a drug peddler, with its market price running into crores of rupees. The immovable asset of the drug peddler, in form a residential house measuring seven marlas, was attached by the city police, as part of ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan”.The house, belonging to notorious peddler Owais Amin Denthoo was attached under the provisio…
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Srinagar, May 19 (IANS) Two drug peddlers, including a state roadways driver, were arrested in J&K’s Baramulla district after a substance resembling ‘charas’ was recovered from them, police said on Tuesday.A police statement said that, continuing its crackdown against drug peddling, Baramulla police achieved the success after Police Station Sheeri established a naka/patrolling check in the Fatehgarh area.During naka checking and patrolling, the police party apprehended one person. During h…
Gandhinagar/Sabarkantha, May 19 (IANS) The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (A.N.T.F.) of CID Crime and Railways carried out a raid in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district, leading to the seizure of cannabis plants and processed contraband valued at approximately Rs 6.38 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.Acting on specific intelligence inputs and under the supervision of senior police officers, a team led by Police Inspector R.V. Patel conducted a search operation in agricultural land and a residential propert…
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Dealing a major blow to the circulation of fake currency, Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence Patiala (CI unit in Malerkotla has busted a module with the arrest of four individuals and recovered counterfeit currency of 5.50 lakh, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Monday. Those arrested have been identified as Nazar Khan, a resident of Malerkotla; Raj Mohammad, a resident of Dhuri in Sangrur; Mukhtiyar Singh, alias Gurjit Singh, a resident of …
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) In a crucial breakthrough, the Amritsar Commissionerate Police has dismantled a drug and illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of one accused and recovered 2.1 kg heroin along with seven sophisticated pistols from his possession, Punjab’s Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Monday. The arrested accused has been identified as Khush Kumar, alias Bholu, 26, a resident of Gurwali Gate in Amritsar. The accused has a criminal history with cases pertaining …
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) In a major crackdown on narcotics trade, a drug supplier was arrested during a targeted operation in Delhi’s Baprola area, where officials also recovered a large quantity of ganja, police said on Sunday. The operation was carried out by the Special Staff of Outer District Police. The accused has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer District), “The team nabbed one drug supplier …
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…
Srinagar, May 16 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Srinagar district have attached a residential house and land of a drug peddler valued at Rs 1.2 crore. The police said that during its sustained crackdown against drug trafficking under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Srinagar Police has attached an immovable property comprising a double-storeyed residential house along with land worth approximately Rs 1.2 crores situated at Gasoo Hazratbal.The police said that the property belong…
Srinagar, May 15 (IANS) Continuing its crackdown on the drug peddlers, traffickers and narcotics abuse under the ongoing Nasha-mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan, the Budgam Police attached residential properties of two drug peddlers on Friday. The properties attached in the Chadoora area of Budgam are valued at Rs 80 lakh.The police attached a one-storey residential house worth approximately Rs 30 lakh belonging to Ghulam Nabi Wani in Chadoora. The property was attached in connection with a case r…
Khunti (Jharkhand), May 14 (IANS) The Jharkhand Police achieved major success in a crackdown on illegal opium and narcotics trade in Khunti district, seizing a large quantity of contraband and arresting a wanted smuggler with a firearm over the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday.Separate operations conducted across different police station areas led to the recovery of 231 kg of poppy straw, nearly two kg of opium, and a country‑made pistol. Cases have been registered under the NDPS Act …