Jaipur, March 23 (IANS) In a major crackdown under ‘Operation Trinetra’, the Pratapgarh Police, led by Superintendent of Police B. Aditya, seized over 762 kg of illicit doda-chura (poppy husk) following a dramatic encounter with smugglers. The consignment is estimated to be valued at over Rs 1.14 crore in the international market.According to the police, the District Special Team (DST) intercepted a suspicious pickup truck near Dhariyawad. As the team attempted to stop the vehicle, the smugg…
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Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) in a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF) has busted a Pakistan-backed smuggling module with the arrest of three masterminds and recovered 24.5 kg heroin and Rs 21 lakh drug money from their possession, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav said here on Sunday. Those arrested have been identified as Jagjit Singh, alias Rana, a resident of Noorwal village in Amritsa…
Patna, March 21 (IANS) In a major crackdown, a joint operation by the police and the Narcotics Cell in Samastipur district has busted a drug trafficking network, leading to the arrest of two accused and the seizure of heroin worth approximately Rs 6 lakh.According to a press release issued by the Superintendent of Police’s office, specific intelligence was received on the morning of March 21, 2026, that members of a narcotics gang would arrive at Shahpur Patori railway station carrying a consi…
Chandigarh, March 21 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday presented a focused report card on law and order under the AAP government as part of the ongoing series ‘Shandaar Chaar Saal Bhagwant Mann De Naal’, aimed at placing a clear, sector-wise account of four years of governance before the people. He said the state’s improving law and order is now visible on the ground, driven by a zero-tolerance policy against drugs and a sustained crackdown on organised crime, al…
Srinagar, March 18 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday said that a vehicle acquired through the proceeds of narcotic trade has been seized.A police statement said: “Continuing its sustained crackdown on narcotics-related activities, Police in Shopian have seized a vehicle (Swift car) bearing registration number JK13J-3347, valued at approximately Rs 6,80,960, belonging to Ishfaq Ahmad Koka, son of Abdul Majeed Koka, resident of Melhura Zainapora.”The vehicle …
Hyderabad, March 17 (IANS) Telangana Police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the Moinabad farmhouse drugs case in which TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar, former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy and some others were arrested for allegedly consuming drugs.The nine-member SIT will work under the overall supervision of Future City Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu.Director General of Police B. Shivdhar Reddy on Tuesday issued orders constituting the SIT to probe the NDPS and Arms Ac…
Amaravati, March 13 (IANS) In a significant crackdown on the illicit manufacture of synthetic drugs, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a clandestine facility engaged in the production of Alprazolam, a psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act, 1985, in Andhra Pradesh. The DRI raided the factory at Kondapalli Industrial Development Area of NTR district and seized 237 kg of drugs worth R.47 crore.It also seized 3.5 tonnes of chemicals and arrested two persons.An intelligence…
Agartala, March 13 (IANS) Tripura Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu on Friday said the state has witnessed a significant improvement in law and order over the past year, with overall crime declining by 8.33 per cent between April and November 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Addressing the opening day of the budget session of the Tripura Assembly, the Governor said several categories of crime recorded notable declines. Property-related offences dropped by 18.51 per cent, crimes against wom…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court has granted bail to a man convicted under the stringent provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after noting that he has spent more than seven years in custody and there is no likelihood of his appeal being heard by the Patna High Court in the near future.A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran allowed the appeal filed by Manoj Kumar Gupta and set aside the order of the Patna High Court, which had earlier ref…
Jammu, March 12 (IANS) Police and BSF said on Thursday that in a joint operation drugs worth Rs 12 crore were recovered from agricultural fields in a village of Jammu district.Officials said that in a significant achievement on the anti-drug trafficking front, Jammu Police along with 101 battalion of the BSF, achieved a major breakthrough by recovering a huge quantity of high grade narcotics (suspected drone dropping) worth Rs 12 crore, in a joint operation from agricultural fields on the outski…