drug trafficking

Aizawl, March 27 – Mizoram Governor General Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd) described the 51.38 km Bairabi-Sairang railway line as a transformative project for the state's hilly terrain on Friday.The new railway line, inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi on September 13, 2025, is expected to...

Chandigarh, March 27 The "Gangstran Te Vaar" campaign launched by the Punjab Police to make the state free of gangsters, has resulted in the blocking of 643 social media pages that glorify weapons, said the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), on Friday.The...

Washington, March 27 – A surge in counterfeit prescription pills and the emergence of new synthetic compounds are intensifying the drug crisis, officials told members of the US Congress, highlighting how quickly the threat is evolving.At a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing...

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...

Aizawl, March 27 At least two people were arrested with 351 grams of heroin in Tuirial, on the outskirts of Aizawl in Mizoram, the excise department said in a statement on Friday.The operation took place late on Thursday, it said.The drug was seized from a car, and the two accused have been...

Aizawl, March 27, 2026: A team of eight journalists from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, participating in a PIB Press Tour organized by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, met Mizoram Governor General (Dr) Vijay Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd), at Lok Bhavan in...

Jaipur, March 27 Around 10 kg of heroin dropped by a drone from across the border in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district has been seized, officials said on Friday.Five persons have been arrested, Ganganagar SP Harishankar said, adding that the seized heroin is estimated to be worth about Rs 50...

March 27, New Delhi – Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro appeared in a New York court on Thursday in an ongoing drug trafficking case. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seeking to have the charges dismissed amid a dispute over legal fees.The court heard arguments regarding whether...

New York, March 27 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York court for the second time after being forcibly taken into custody by US troops in a military raid in Caracas in early January.During his first appearance on January 5, Maduro pleaded not guilty to all US charges...

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...

Khunti (Jharkhand), March 26 – Under an ongoing crackdown on narcotics in the Khunti district of Jharkhand, police have achieved a major success for the second consecutive day on Thursday.Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a raid in the area around the Arki police station and...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 A former footballer who was part of the Kerala Santosh Trophy team was arrested with MDMA here on Thursday, excise officials said, adding that he allegedly used a dating app to supply the drugs.The arrested person, Najeeb Khan (50), is a former player who...

March 26, New Delhi – The U.S. military conducted a strike against a vessel allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in the deaths of four people.The U.S. Southern Command stated on X that the vessel was traveling along known drug trafficking routes in the...

Panaji, March 26 Police have arrested a 44-year-old Nigerian national after seizing drugs worth approximately Rs 2 lakh from his possession in the North Goa district, officials said.The man had also been arrested in a drug-related case in 2017, they said.Acting on specific intelligence, a...

A quarterly UT-level Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh was held in a hybrid format at the BSF Frontier Headquarters in Jammu to strengthen coordination between agencies in the areas of narcotics intelligence and enforcement.The meeting was chaired by...

Ludhiana, March 25 Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia told party ministers and MLAs in Punjab on Wednesday that those who are afraid to fight the drug mafia should leave the Arvind Kejriwal-led party.Addressing a Malwa zone meeting under the 'Yudh Nashean Virudh' campaign, the former deputy...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 25 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Wednesday that the BJP and the LDF in Kerala were colluding, as central agencies have not taken any action against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, unlike other opposition leaders in the country.He said that only two parties...

Chandigarh, March 25 The Punjab Police arrested two individuals and seized 7 kg of heroin from their possession in Amritsar on Wednesday, according to Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav.The accused, identified as Inderjeet Singh from Tarn Taran and Ravinder Sharma from Amritsar...

Panaji, March 25 – A 22-year-old man was arrested in Quepem, Goa, for the illegal possession of suspected ganja worth approximately Rs. 30,000, officials said on Wednesday.The Quepem Police have registered a case against the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS)...

March 25, New Delhi – Colombian President Gustavo Petro observed a minute of silence on Tuesday to honor the 69 people who died in a military plane crash.He had also previously declared three days of national mourning. The Hercules C-130 aircraft, carrying 126 people, crashed after taking off...