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Panaji, March 27 Goa Customs have arrested five passengers with 23.8 kg of hydroponic cannabis worth more than Rs 8 crore at the Manohar International Airport (MIA), officials said on Friday.The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted passengers who arrived from Bangkok (Thailand) and Abu...

Gangtok, March 24 The Sikkim government carried out the disposal of seized contraband substances in the Namchi district on Tuesday, officials said.The District Level Drug Disposal Committee conducted the exercise using an incinerator facility, ensuring adherence to prescribed safety...

Bengaluru, March 22 DRI officers recovered approximately 8.3 kilograms of a psychotropic substance worth approximately Rs 8.3 crore and arrested three persons in connection with the case.According to DRI, its Bengaluru Zonal Unit officials, acting on specific intelligence, intercepted a...

Aizawl, March 20 – The Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Mizoram Police, seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets worth over ₹23.72 crore during a joint operation along the India-Myanmar border, officials said on Friday.A defence spokesperson said the operation was conducted near...

Thane, March 20 A 17-year-old boy was apprehended allegedly with 10 kilograms of marijuana worth Rs 12.66 lakh in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Friday.He was apprehended on Thursday after a car with two occupants was intercepted, one of whom, a 22-year-old man, managed to...

Aizawl, March 20 The Assam Rifles has seized methamphetamine tablets worth over Rs 23 crore from an abandoned vehicle in east Mizoram’s Champhai district, an official said on Friday.Based on a tip-off, personnel of the Assam Rifles and the police conducted a joint operation during which the...

Thane, March 20 A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Thane district, Maharashtra, for allegedly possessing ganja worth Rs 4.27 lakh, police said on Friday.The crime branch unit-II of Bhiwandi police apprehended Kuldeep Bacchu Singh, a resident of the Mithpada-Sangampada area, on Wednesday...

New Delhi, March 19 A Delhi court has acquitted two men accused of possessing heroin, stating that the prosecution failed to prove its case due to a lack of independent witnesses.Special Judge (NDPS) Gajender Singh Nagar was hearing a case against Kaisher and Aakil, who were accused in a case...

Thane, March 14 The Maharashtra Excise Department has busted a major inter-state illegal liquor racket operating in Thane district, seizing contraband worth Rs 32 lakh after conducting multiple raids over the last four days, an official said on Saturday.Officials intercepted two four-wheelers...

New Delhi, March 13 – The Supreme Court has granted bail to a man convicted under the stringent provisions of the 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...

Jammu, March 12 – Police and BSF said on Thursday that in a joint operation, drugs worth Rs 12 crore were recovered from agricultural fields in a village in the Jammu district.Officials said that in a significant achievement in the fight against drug trafficking, the Jammu Police, along with...

Shimla, March 11 Police here have arrested two individuals, including a woman, with 562 stamps of LSD – a hallucinogenic substance – estimated to be worth around Rs 1.1 crore in the black market, an official said on Wednesday.The accused have been identified as Sandeep Sharma (40), a resident...

Jammu & Kashmir Police in Anantnag achieved a significant success by arresting two drug peddlers in separate operations and recovered contraband substances from their possession.Srinagar, March 11: Jammu & Kashmir Police in Anantnag achieved a significant success by arresting two drug peddlers...

Amritsar, March 9 The Punjab Police have arrested a drug smuggler and recovered 9 kg of heroin from his possession in Amritsar, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Monday.The accused has been identified as Ranjit Singh alias Rana, a resident of Gillan Wali village in...

Patna, March 8 The Bihar police announced on Sunday that they had arrested three individuals and seized a large quantity of "dry drugs," including narcotic tablets and injectable substances, in the state capital.The arrests were made during an anti-drug operation in the Agamkuan police station...

Aizawl, March 7 – A joint team of the Assam Rifles and Police has arrested a Myanmar national and seized 19 air rifles along with 75,000 pellets during an operation in the southern Mizoram district of Siaha, officials said on Saturday.An official said that the Myanmar national was apprehended...

Thane, March 7 Police have seized dry opium worth Rs 38 lakh from a car and a pickup van in Thane district, Maharashtra, and arrested one person, an official said on Saturday.A patrolling team noticed a car and a pickup van moving suspiciously near a crusher unit on the road between Ovlikhind...

Shillong, March 7 The Meghalaya Police seized drugs worth over Rs 51 crore, the largest haul of narcotics in the state so far, in the East Jaintia Hills district and arrested two persons based in Mizoram in connection with the matter, a senior officer said on Saturday.The seizure was made...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dismantled an international drug trafficking network operating across Nepal, India, and Sri Lanka.A coordinated operation by the NCB Chennai Zonal Unit, along with the Hyderabad Zonal Unit, resulted in the seizure of over 77 kilograms of hashish oil and 2...

New Delhi/Aizawl, March 5. Law enforcement agencies, in separate operations, have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin valued at around Rs 36 crore in Mizoram and arrested seven drug peddlers, including three Myanmar nationals, officials said on Thursday.Officials said...