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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...

Imphal, February 27 Two individuals from Madhya Pradesh were arrested by security forces on Friday while attempting to smuggle a large quantity of suspected heroin from Manipur, officials said.A team of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) stationed at Imphal airport recovered 4.8 kg...

Kishanganj (Bihar), February 27 Police on Friday seized 246 kg of ganja (marijuana) worth around Rs 1.23 crore in Kishanganj district of Bihar and arrested two persons, officials said.The accused have been identified as Mohammad Imtiaz and Vijay Kumar Thakur, both residents of Madhubani...

Koraput, February 26 Hashish oil worth approximately Rs 225 crore was seized from a forest in the Koraput district of Odisha on Thursday, police said.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by SP Rohit Verma busted a manufacturing unit inside the Jholaput forest near the state's border with Andhra...

New Delhi, February 26 A 51-year-old man was apprehended with illegally imported cigarettes worth approximately Rs 40 lakh in the Kashmere Gate area of north Delhi, an official said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Sanjay Aggarwal, a resident of Ambala in Haryana, was intercepted by a...

New Delhi, February 26 Customs officers at Indira Gandhi International Airport here have seized 23.9 kg of suspected ganja (marijuana), estimated to be worth nearly Rs 24 crore, from two Indian passengers arriving from Krabi (Thailand), officials said on Thursday.The passengers arrived at...

Sri Vijaya Puram, February 25 Police in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have felicitated two home guard volunteers for recovering 6.9 kg of methamphetamine from a remote jungle, in the first instance of members from a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group contributing to a major narcotics...

New Delhi, February 25 The Delhi Police have seized over 1 kg of heroin worth approximately Rs 6 crore and arrested a 23-year-old suspected drug peddler, who comes from a family alleged to be involved in narcotics trafficking, an official said on Wednesday.The police said the accused belongs...