illegal drugs

Pune, March 29 Customs officials at Pune International Airport have seized hydroponic marijuana worth approximately ₹26.8 crore from boxes labeled "Mandarin orange sacs" (orange pulp), officials said on Sunday.The seizure was made on March 26 after a consignment arrived from Bangkok in...

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...

Khunti, March 25 Four individuals have been arrested and 6.3 kg of opium seized from their possession in the Khunti district of Jharkhand, police said on Wednesday.Based on a tip-off, a police team conducted raids and recovered the opium and 40 kg of poppy husk, worth approximately Rs 36 lakh...

Jaipur, March 23 The Rajasthan Police have seized over 762 kg of illegal poppy husk after an encounter with smugglers in the Pratapgarh district and frozen properties worth approximately Rs 1.12 crore linked to drug trafficking, officials said on Monday.Superintendent of Police B Aditya said...

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 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...

Latehar, March 19 A truck carrying cannabis worth approximately Rs 1 crore was seized in Latehar district, Jharkhand, on Thursday, police said.The seizure was made near a restaurant in Kinamore, based on a tip-off, they added."A total of 1,000 kg of cannabis was packed into 200 packets, with...

Jammu, March 14 Security forces launched a massive search operation on Saturday in several forward villages in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir after a Pakistani drone crossed the International Border and entered Indian territory, officials said.The movement of the enemy drone was...

Jammu, March 12 Around 2 kg of heroin, worth approximately Rs 12 crore, was recovered near the International Border here after being dropped by a Pakistani drone, officials said on Thursday.The recovery was made by the Jammu Police and the 101st Battalion of the Border Security Force from...

Thane, March 11 Two individuals were arrested with a large quantity of charas, valued at approximately Rs 4.31 crore in the illicit market, in the Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.Police seized the contraband, packed in 13 packets, from Harshal Patel (19) and Sirajuddin...

Guwahati, March 9 The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Monday that it had seized over 500 kg of marijuana worth Rs 2.6 crore and arrested two dealers from the Karbi Anglong district of Assam.Acting on a tip-off, the NCB's Guwahati Zonal Unit, in a joint operation with the CRPF, tracked...

New Delhi, March 8 The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Sunday that it had busted a dark web-based drugs trafficking network with the arrest of two individuals and the seizure of a "large" quantity of contraband, usually abused at rave parties.The network, alleged to have shipped more...

Gangtok, March 8 Sikkim Police have seized drugs worth Rs 15 lakh and arrested one person in Gangtok on Sunday, an official said.Acting on a tip-off, police apprehended a person who ran a meat shop in the Rongyek area, and seized 311.62 gm of brown sugar from his rented room.The accused was...

Itanagar, March 8 A man has been arrested and heroin worth approximately Rs 1.37 lakh seized from his possession in the Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh, police said on Sunday.Namsai Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Kengo Dirchi said the arrest and seizure were made during a raid in...

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...

Aizawl, March 5 The NCB has arrested four individuals, including a national from Myanmar, and seized drugs worth approximately ₹31 crore along the India-Myanmar international border as part of a coordinated anti-narcotics operation in Mizoram, officials said on Thursday.Approximately 36 kg of...

Mumbai, March 4 The Customs department has seized narcotic substances, foreign currency, gold, and precious stones worth more than ₹46 crore in separate cases detected over a week at the Mumbai international airport, an official said on Wednesday.A total of 44.292 kg of suspected hydroponic...

₹5 crore worth of drugs seized in Sribhumi; two arrestedThe Assam Police have continued their crackdown on illegal drugs. Acting on a tip-off, the Patharkandi Police conducted a raid at Kabir Uddin's residence in Eraligool, Sribhumi.The drugs seized during the operation are estimated to be...

Ranchi, February 27 A man and his son were arrested with 48 kg of marijuana, worth approximately Rs 40 lakh, in the Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said on Friday.Police arrested both after receiving information that they had stored marijuana at their home in Badaik Colony, within the...

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...