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Chandigarh, April 9 Five police officers in Tarn Taran, Punjab, have been booked for allegedly facilitating the release of the passport of an international drug lord, who is wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Officials said on Thursday.Shehnaz Singh, also known as Shawn...

Bengaluru, April 7 Eight people, including a foreign national, were arrested for illegally selling drugs in the city, police said on Tuesday.They seized drugs, vehicles, and other items worth ₹27.42 crore.According to police, based on credible information received from informants on various...

New Delhi, April 3: In a significant success under Operation Kavach 13.0, the Special Staff of South District has apprehended a key member of a drug trafficking syndicate and seized 1.031 kg of high-quality cocaine, valued at approximately Rs 10 crore in the international market.The accused...

New Delhi, April 1 In a 48-hour crackdown under "Operation Kavach 13.0," the Delhi Police arrested 267 drug offenders in 229 cases, detained individuals, and seized significant quantities of contraband, an official said on Wednesday.The operation, conducted between March 29 and 31 across all...

New Delhi, April 1 The Delhi Police has arrested a 42-year-old Nigerian national and seized over 100 grams of cocaine worth approximately Rs 1.25 crore from her possession in Rohini, Delhi, an official said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Peace, a resident of Vikaspuri, was apprehended...

New Delhi, March 31 Police have busted a drug racket operating in Delhi and arrested four people, including two foreign nationals, with cocaine and MDMA valued at around Rs 1.1 crore, an official said on Tuesday.Police said they were part of an organized network that procured drugs from...

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...