Gandhinagar, March 11 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested 29 terrorists linked to international extremist organisations over the past three years, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi told the state Assembly on Wednesday.Addressing the House, Sanghavi said the arrests were made between 2023 and 2026 after investigators uncovered several alleged anti-national conspiracies, including an Al-Qaeda funding network, a module of the Islamic State Khorasan Province operating from …
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Ahmedabad, March 10 (IANS) A Special NDPS Court in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday, sentenced a Zambian and a Nigerian national to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in connection with the recovery of 2.757 kg of heroin in 2021, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials said. The Special Court punished Hanchabila John (Zambian national) and Nwaobu Christian Arinze (Nigerian national) under Sections 8(c), 21(c) and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985, and slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh each, an NCB official said.”Acting o…
Bhopal, March 9 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Police in Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh and Damoh districts seized over 7,890 kg of opium, with an estimated market value of over Rs 3 crore.In the related cases, offences have been registered under the NDPS Act and legal action is being taken.Police received information about illegal opium cultivation in a field in Urdmau village under the jurisdiction of the Gadhimalhara police station in Chhatarpur district, police officials said.Based on the information, a polic…
Amritsar, March 9 (IANS) In a major crackdown on cross-border narcotics trafficking, Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence unit in Amritsar has arrested a drug smuggler and seized around 9 kg of heroin from his possession, officials said on Monday.According to officials, acting on a secret tip-off, the Counter-Intelligence Amritsar team launched an operation and apprehended the suspected smuggler. During the search, a large quantity of heroin was recovered from him. The seized consignment is es…
Ahmedabad, March 7 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has uncovered an alleged network involved in exporting etomidate to Southeast Asian countries under false labels, detaining one person and launching a search for two others linked to the operation, officials said on Saturday. According to the ATS, the accused were sending consignments of etomidate — an anaesthetic drug that is treated as a psychotropic substance in several countries — to buyers in Malaysia and Thailand throu…
Hyderabad, March 4 (IANS) Hyderabad city police, in a joint operation with Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW), arrested a foreign drug peddler and his associate and seized MMDA from them.Acting on credible information, the police and H-NEW conducted the joint operation and arrested Al-Aqar Abdurabu Mohammed Abdurabu, a Yemeni national and his assistant, Hasan W. A. Hashem, a Palestinian, within the limits of Rajendra Nagar Police Station.Police seized 150 grams of MDMA, a knife and four…
Ahmedabad, March 3 (IANS) A Special Court in Ahmedabad sentenced two drug traffickers to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh each in the 2019 case related to possession of 3.983 kg of charas, a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official said on Tuesday. Bharuch Additional District and Sessions Court has convicted both the accused — Malek Shirin Bano, 40, and Firoj Khan Pathan, 48, and sentenced them to 15 years of RI along with a fine under the provisions of the …
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The South East Delhi Police have launched ‘Operation Aaghat 4.0,’ a major crackdown aimed at curbing crime and maintaining law and order in the district. The operation resulted in the arrest of 200 criminals and action against a total of 948 individuals. During the drive, police recovered 10 weapons from those apprehended and seized more than 10,000 bottles of illicit liquor. Officials said the operation was conducted through coordinated raids and intensive checking acr…
Ahmedabad, March 2 (IANS) A Special Court in Ahmedabad sentenced a drug trafficker to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh in a mephedrone smuggling case of 2023, a Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official said on Monday.An Additional Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad, convicted Mohammad Irfan Usmangani Saiyad, a resident of Kalupur, Ahmedabad, in the case.The case pertained to the seizure of 155 grams of mephedrone and 43 grams of charas at Kalupur Railway Station, Ahme…
Jaipur, March 2 (IANS) Rajasthan Police carried out a massive statewide special operation against organised criminal networks across 19 districts, identifying 1,276 criminals, including members associated with the Rohit Godara and Lawrence gangs. The coordinated action resulted in the arrest of 214 criminals and the seizure of a large quantity of illegal weapons, narcotics, vehicles, and electronic devices.Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Kumar Sharma stated that the operation was c…