New Delhi/Ontario, July 24 (IANS) In one of biggest crackdown on organised drug trade, the police busted an illegal cross-border trafficking network and seized nearly $140 million worth of illegal drugs in Ontario on Thursday.The operation, seen as the largest drug bust in Canada’s Ontario, resulted in recovery of a staggering 1.7 tonnes of illegal drugs allegedly comprising cocaine, opium and other narcotics.More than 21 suspects have been charged with cross-border smuggling and set to face tri…
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Imphal, July 23 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have arrested five alleged drug peddlers, including a suspected key narcotics supplier and a woman, in separate anti-drug operations, while seizing substantial quantities of Myanmar-origin opium and brown sugar, officials said on Thursday. A police official said that during a raid, a joint team of the Manipur Police and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Nengjatuan alias Tuanpi from a hotel in Churachandpur district, which shares a bord…
Kabul, July 17 (IANS) Afghan police have seized 241 kilograms of illicit drugs and arrested nine suspects during two recent separate operations in northeastern Badakhshan province, the official media Bakhtar News Agency said on Friday. According to the report, special police forces discovered the narcotics during raids conducted in the Pul-e Begum and Tashkan areas, where the drugs were recovered from a vehicle and a residential house.The statement said nine individuals were taken into custody d…
Imphal, July 14 (IANS) The security forces in Manipur have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, arrested a dreaded militant of the outlawed PREPAK outfit, and seized around 50 kg of suspected opium worth over Rs 3 crore in separate operations, officials said on Tuesday. A senior police official said that a joint team of the Manipur Police and the 19 Garhwal Rifles, during a search operation on Tuesday, recovered a large cache of arms, explosives and war-like stores from the forest area…
Guwahati, July 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister on Sunday said that his government would intensify its fight against drug trafficking over the next five years, asserting that coordinated action by northeastern states could end Assam’s use as a transit corridor for narcotics. Launching the state-wide Drugs Disposal Campaign at the 14th Assam Police Battalion campus at Doulashal in Nalbari district, the Chief Minister said the government would adopt even more stringent measures against drug traffick…
Jaipur, June 19 (IANS) In a major statewide anti-narcotics operation, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Friday carried out four coordinated raids across Rajasthan’s Jalore, Beawar and Jaipur, dismantling multiple drug trafficking networks and arresting five alleged drug peddlers. The operations, conducted under the guidance of Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Kumar Sharma, led to the seizure of large quantities of opium, smack (heroin), and cannabis, along with cash believe…
Jaipur, April 21 (IANS) In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, Jhalawar Police have frozen assets worth Rs 2.52 crore belonging to alleged drug smuggler Liyaqat Khan under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The action, carried out under ‘Operation Divya Prahar 2.0’, targets properties reportedly acquired through proceeds of the narcotics trade. The freezing of assets has been approved by the competent authority under Section 68-F of the Act.Superin…
Ranchi/Palamu, March 31 (IANS) Jharkhand Police have seized over 700 kg of illicit ‘doda’–a raw material used in the production of opium — in coordinated raids across Ranchi and Palamu, officials said on Tuesday.The police also arrested three alleged smugglers and recovered cash and a vehicle used in the operation.The seizures were made as part of an intensified anti-narcotics drive being carried out across the state.In Palamu, acting on a tip-off received by Superintendent of Police Reesh…
Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) In a major blow to an organised international drug trafficking network, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Punjab Police has busted an international narcotics network with the arrest of six key operatives involved in the supply of party drugs targeting urban youth, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Saturday. Those arrested have been identified as Rishav, Mukesh Kumar, Lakhwinder Singh, Ravi Kumar, Baljinder Singh and Talwinder Singh. DGP Yad…
Imphal, Jan 18 (IANS) In a major anti-narcotics crackdown, Central and state security forces have destroyed more than 306 acres of illegal poppy cultivation in Manipur’s mountainous Kangpokpi district within six days, effectively foiling an attempt to manufacture opium worth several crores of rupees, officials said on Sunday. The joint operations were carried out between January 12 and January 17 by Central and state security forces, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the state Forest Depa…