drug trafficking

Jammu, February 13 Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested two individuals allegedly involved in smuggling heroin from Pakistan via a drone that dropped the contraband in the border areas of the Kathua district, officials said.An investigation was launched based on specific information...

Ballari (Karnataka), February 13 In a major crackdown on organized narcotics networks in North Karnataka, Ballari police on Friday apprehended an alleged drug kingpin under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, officials said.The...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), February 13 Three individuals have been arrested for allegedly possessing and attempting to sell the banned narcotic substance MDMA in coastal Karnataka, police said on Friday.Based on specific intelligence that drugs procured from Bengaluru were being supplied to the...

New Delhi, February 13 The Delhi Police has seized properties worth Rs 68 lakh in two separate cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, an official said on Friday.Sharing details, the official said in one of the cases, an FIR was registered and six accused were...

Ranchi, February 13 A man from Bihar was arrested at the Hatia railway station in Jharkhand with 7.5 kg of cannabis, according to an official statement released on Friday.The seized contraband is valued at approximately ₹3.75 lakh.The accused, Mohan Prasad (60), a resident of East Champaran...

Saharanpur (UP), February 13 Police have arrested a woman allegedly involved in the trafficking of narcotics and recovered 140 grams of smack worth approximately Rs 28 lakh from her possession in the district here, officials said on Friday.The arrest took place on Thursday as part of...

Chandigarh, February 13 The Enforcement Directorate has transferred its Jalandhar zonal office chief to its Chennai zone as part of a reshuffle in the federal probe agency, officials said on Friday.The Jalandhar office of the ED, headed by Additional Director Ravi Tiwari (an IRS officer of the...

Srinagar, February 13 Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday attached properties worth Rs 1.5 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in the Kulgam district of south Kashmir.According to a police spokesperson, the assets include six shops, five warehouses, a tin shed, and a platform located in...

Chandigarh, February 12 Two men from Himachal Pradesh have been arrested with 15 kilograms of charas here, police said on Thursday.The Government Railway Police (GRP), Haryana, arrested the two accused, identified as Rahul (24) and Ramzan (24), at Chandigarh Railway Station.Haryana Director...

Chandigarh, February 12 The Punjab Police arrested 171 drug smugglers and seized over 8 kg of heroin during raids conducted at 388 locations across the state as part of the ongoing anti-drug campaign 'Yudh Nashian Virudh', officials said.A total of 95 FIRs were registered in the operation...

Shimla, February 12 The Shimla police have arrested an alleged kingpin of an interstate drug network and his associate from Zirakpur, Punjab, according to police on Thursday.Addressing the media at a press conference here, SSP Gaurav Singh said that the accused, Vijay alias David alias Bihari...

Ranchi, February 12 Two individuals were arrested with brown sugar in Ranchi, Jharkhand, according to police on Thursday.Approximately 61 grams of brown sugar, valued at Rs 12 lakh, was recovered from their possession, according to a police statement."The Ranchi SSP received information that...

Amritsar, February 12 Amritsar Police on Thursday busted a cross-border drug smuggling network with the arrest of two individuals and the recovery of 7.6 kg of heroin, officials said.The police have also recovered Rs 21,800 in drug money, they said.The accused were identified as Sahibpreet...

Srinagar, February 12 – The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday seized a three-story residential house belonging to an alleged drug peddler in the Bandipora district.The police have seized a three-story house belonging to notorious drug peddler Mohammad Shafi Sheikh, located in Ward No 5...

Thane, February 12 Navi Mumbai police have arrested seven individuals for allegedly running a drug racket disguised as a scrap metal shop, and seized heroin and other narcotics worth Rs 22 lakh.Acting on a tip-off that Raju Rathod and his relatives were selling narcotics from a scrap shop in...

Ahmedabad, February 12 The Special Operations Group of the Ahmedabad police has arrested two individuals and allegedly seized 22.78 kilograms of hybrid ganja worth Rs 7.97 crore, as part of an international drug racket with links to Thailand, an official said on Thursday.The accused were...

New Delhi, February 12 A 40-year-old woman, alleged to be a key figure in an interstate heroin trafficking network operating across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, and a member of a family long associated with the drug trade, has been arrested in east Delhi, police said on Thursday.The accused, Sapna...

Chandigarh, February 11 More than 3,200 people were arrested in Punjab during a 72-hour operation against wanted criminals, police said on Wednesday.The operation, known as "Operation Prahar-2," which began on Monday, saw police conducting 8,278 raids at locations linked to wanted criminals...

Jammu, February 11 Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district arrested a hardened criminal with a pistol and 20 grams of heroin on Wednesday, officials said.Ranju Choudhary, a resident of Kathar-Arnia, was arrested when a police party intercepted him while he was travelling from Khour...

Indore, February 11 A local industrialist, who suffered significant financial losses, and his associate have been arrested for allegedly operating a mephedrone manufacturing factory in Ashok Nagar district of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday.Police have recovered approximately 3.8...