drug arrests

New Delhi, March 29 – The Delhi Police Crime Branch's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has made a major breakthrough in combating drug trafficking by dismantling a well-organized interstate drug network. The operation resulted in the seizure of psychotropic substances worth over ₹4.5 crore and...

Kabul, March 29 – Afghan security forces have dismantled two clandestine heroin processing laboratories and destroyed more than 6,000 kg of illicit drugs in the western Ghor province, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Sunday.Counter-narcotics units carried out targeted operations...

Sydney, March 25 – Australian police have charged a man with allegedly attempting to smuggle 20 kg of heroin into the country from Thailand.The Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Wednesday that the 26-year-old man from the state of New South Wales was...

Chandigarh, March 22 – In a major breakthrough, the Punjab Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), in a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF), has busted a Pakistan-backed smuggling module by arresting three masterminds and recovering 24.5 kg of heroin and Rs 21 lakh in drug...

Chandigarh, March 21 – Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann presented a focused report card on law and order under the AAP government as part of the ongoing series ‘Shandaar Chaar Saal Bhagwant Mann De Naal’, aimed at providing a clear, sector-wise account of four years of governance to the...

Hyderabad, March 18 – Telangana Chief Minister, A. Revanth Reddy, clarified on Wednesday that the government intervened in the Moinabad farmhouse drug case. He stated that Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Eluru MP, Putta Mahesh Kumar, was granted bail in accordance with the rules.During an informal...

Amaravati, March 13 – In a major crackdown on the illegal manufacture of synthetic drugs, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a clandestine facility in Andhra Pradesh that was producing Alprazolam, a psychotropic substance under the NDPS Act, 1985.The DRI raided the...

Srinagar, March 10 Three individuals alleged to be involved in drug trafficking have been arrested in the Baramulla and Shopian districts of Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday."As part of ongoing efforts to eliminate drug abuse from society, police arrested three drug peddlers in the Baramulla...

Shimla, March 10 The Himachal Pradesh Police announced on Tuesday that they had arrested eight people along with 1.22 kg of charas and 7 grams of chitta (adulterated heroin) during the second phase of the anti-drug campaign.A special 24-hour operation was conducted across the state on Monday...

Chandigarh, March 9 The AAP government has launched a comprehensive campaign against the drug trade through strict enforcement, community involvement, and preventive education, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Monday.The Punjab Police have registered 36,178 FIRs under the...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 5 Six people were arrested in two separate cases for allegedly selling narcotic substances to college students and young women in the city, police said on Thursday.In the first case, police raided a room at a lodge on Badria Road under the Mangaluru South police...

Chandigarh, March 2 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday that the ongoing anti-drug campaign has fundamentally altered the fight against narcotics by dismantling entrenched networks and ensuring strict enforcement as "Yudh Nashian Virudh" completes one year.In a statement, Mann...

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...

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...

Shimla, February 27 Police here on Friday said they have arrested the alleged kingpin of an interstate drug trafficking network involved in the trade of 'chitta' (adulterated heroin) in the district, police said.The accused – identified as Hardeep Singh, a resident of Punjab's Ferozepur – was...

Srinagar, February 24 Two drug peddlers, based in Punjab, were arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Tuesday in separate incidents in the districts of Srinagar and Budgam in the valley.The arrested individuals were identified as Ajay Kumar and Johon...

Srinagar, February 24 – The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Kashmir announced on Tuesday the arrest of two drug peddlers based in Punjab and the recovery of 79 grams of heroin in the Srinagar and Budgam districts.According to an official statement, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Kashmir...

Mumbai, February 24 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday that while drug crimes have been brought under the stringent MCOCA, courier services involved in the illegal delivery of narcotics will also be treated as co-accused.Fadnavis said that social media platforms like...

Kabul, February 24 – Afghan police in their crackdown on illegal drugs arrested two drug smugglers and recovered 41 kg of illicit drugs from their possession in Takhar province, northern Afghanistan, according to a statement from the provincial police office on Tuesday.According to the...

Itanagar, February 23 Four people, including a police head constable, have been arrested in Arunachal Pradesh after drugs were seized from their possession, officials said.Heroin worth over Rs 50,000 was seized from the possession of two persons in Banderdewa on Sunday, officials said.A case...