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Aizawl, April 2 The Mizoram police have dismantled several smuggling modules over the past week, seizing narcotics, particularly heroin and methamphetamine, valued at ₹25.01 crore at various locations in the state, a senior officer said.The crackdown, which took place between March 25 and...

Silchar, March 31 – In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, the Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Cachar district Police in southern Assam, carried out a successful joint operation, resulting in the seizure of heroin worth approximately 7 crore rupees, officials said on Tuesday.Two drug...

Wellington, March 30 – New Zealand's largest-ever drug bust has revived focus on Baltej Singh, the nephew of Satwant Singh – one of the two bodyguards involved in the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 – highlighting a complex intersection of "international...

Wellington, March 30 The identity of the nephew of one of Indira Gandhi's assassins, convicted in a drug case, was revealed after he lost a bid in a New Zealand court to keep his name secret, a local media report said.Baltej Singh, who is serving a 22-year prison sentence for importing over...

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, in coordination with the Mizoram Police, seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets worth over ₹23.72 crore during a joint operation along the India-Myanmar border, officials said on Friday.A defence spokesperson said the operation was conducted near...

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...

Sri Vijaya Puram, March 14 The Andaman and Nicobar Police have destroyed over 6,000 kg of methamphetamine worth approximately Rs 36,000 crore in a phased operation spread over nine months, officials said on Saturday.The disposal process, which began on June 26, 2025 and was completed on March...

Agartala, March 13 – Tripura Governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu stated that the state has witnessed significant improvements in law and order over the past year, with overall crime declining by 8.33 percent between April and November 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.Addressing the opening...

Chandigarh, March 11 The Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested a village sarpanch in Punjab's Tarn Taran district in connection with a drug recovery case, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Paramjit Singh alias Pamma, the sarpanch of Kalsian village, was taken into custody...

New Delhi, March 7 – The route from Nepal to Sri Lanka via India, used for smuggling drugs, has come under the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies. This route, which had been relatively quiet, has once again become active and is being used to smuggle hashish oil and charas.A multi-state...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Guwahati, February 28 Drugs worth ₹5.93 crore have been seized and three people arrested in two operations in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.A total of 83,399 Yaba tablets and 10 kg of ganja were seized in the operations in Guwahati in the Kamrup Metropolitan district and...

Guwahati, February 27 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that three individuals have been arrested for allegedly smuggling banned Yaba tablets worth approximately Rs 4 crore and liquor in two separate operations carried out by the state police.He praised the police personnel for the...

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...

Guwahati, February 25 Police seized approximately Rs 5 crore worth of banned 'Yaba' tablets, and four individuals were arrested in Hailakandi district of Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.'Yaba' tablets, also known as 'crazy medicine', are a highly addictive drug containing a...