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New Delhi, March 26 – The Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Delhi Zonal Unit has destroyed approximately 408 kg of seized drugs, valued at over ₹212 crore, an official said on Thursday.The 408 kg of seized narcotic drugs were linked to 39 pre-trial and post-trial cases, the official added.The...

New Delhi, March 24 Rajasthan recorded the highest quantity of drug seizures among border states in 2025, followed by Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, adding that 292 unmanned aerial vehicles were recovered along the Indo-Pakistan border in 2025...

Hyderabad, March 15 TDP MP from Andhra Pradesh, Putta Mahesh Kumar, and former BRS MLA, Pilot Rohith Reddy, were among the 11 people detained here following an alleged drug bust at a farmhouse in Moinabad near here. Although the MP and seven others were subsequently released on Sunday, officials...

New Delhi, March 3: Investigations into several drug cases in India, especially in the South, are increasingly being linked to cartels based in Thailand. While Thailand itself is a major market in terms of consumption, there are various cartels that are operating in India.Investigators have...

Chandigarh, February 28 The Punjab Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has cracked an international narcotics network operating across the Tricity region here and Ludhiana, with the arrest of six key operatives and the seizure of an "unprecedented" haul of narcotics, MDMA tablets, and...

In Punjab, the police have recovered an RDX-laden improvised explosive device (IED), 4 pistols and live cartridges, and a large consignment of 1,215 MDMA tablets, along with approximately 5.5 kilograms of heroin, cocaine, ICE, magic mushrooms, and other narcotics. These items were seized during...

Chandigarh, February 28 – In a major blow to an organized international drug trafficking network, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Punjab Police has busted an international narcotics network with the arrest of six key operatives involved in supplying party drugs targeting urban youth...

Panaji, February 26 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth approximately ₹7.17 crore in Goa as part of a major money laundering investigation linked to international narcotics trafficking, an official statement said on Thursday.The action...

Raipur, February 25 A total of 2,599 accused were arrested for illegal trafficking of narcotics in Chhattisgarh over the last 13 months, with the recovery of 20,089 kg of ganja, more than three lakh psychotropic drugs, and other contraband, the assembly was told on Wednesday.Deputy Chief...

February 23, New Delhi – Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, widely known as ‘El Mencho,’ was killed in a military raid on Sunday.Mexico's Defence Ministry said a shootout in the western state of Jalisco left Oseguera critically injured, and he died during an air transfer to Mexico City. The...

Sydney, February 20 – Four teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection with a series of shootings and arson attacks across western Sydney, linked to an organized crime conflict.The New South Wales (NSW) police force said on Friday that the four men, aged 16, 18, and two 19, were...

Canberra, February 20 – Authorities launched a new task force on Friday to target organized criminals trafficking illicit drugs into northern Australia from Pacific nations.A statement from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the police force in the northeast state of Queensland said that...

Jalandhar, February 19 – In a move to intensify the ongoing drug eradication campaign, ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav inaugurated the ultra-modern office of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Jalandhar Range, on Thursday.The state-of-the-art...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 4.776 kg of cocaine worth over 23 crore rupees from a Brazilian passenger at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru. Acting on specific intelligence, the NCB's Bengaluru Zonal Unit intercepted the accused in the early hours of yesterday after he...

Bengaluru, February 18 The NCB has arrested a Brazilian national with cocaine worth approximately ₹24 crore from the international airport here, the agency said on Wednesday.The individual was intercepted at the Kempegowda International Airport on Tuesday. He arrived in Bengaluru from São...

Bengaluru, February 17 Fifteen people, including three foreign nationals, have been arrested for allegedly selling banned narcotic substances across Bengaluru, police said on Tuesday.The arrests were made during joint operations carried out in different police station limits following specific...

Thane, February 14 Police in the Thane district of Maharashtra have seized drugs worth nearly Rs 2.15 crore and arrested three individuals for allegedly possessing the narcotic substances, an official said on Saturday.A police patrol team intercepted three men in the Dombivali area on Friday...

Panaji, February 9 A Nigerian national and a resident of Sangolda in North Goa were arrested following the recovery of cocaine, estimated to be worth approximately ₹15.89 lakh, in the illegal international market, police said on Monday.On February 6, police seized 31.794 grams of suspected...