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Mumbai, February 24 The Customs Department seized hydroponic cannabis worth over ₹23 crore from three passengers who arrived at the Mumbai airport from Bangkok, officials said on Tuesday.Acting on spot checks and the Advance Passenger Information System, the customs officials booked three...

Thane, February 24 Two individuals have been arrested in Navi Mumbai for allegedly possessing opium worth approximately Rs 1 crore, police said on Tuesday.Based on a tip-off, police raided a premises in the Ghot Camp locality in Taloja on Monday and apprehended the accused, both hailing from...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), February 23 A house, allegedly built on Waqf Board land by a woman convicted in multiple drug trafficking cases, was demolished in the town of Tanda on Monday, officials said.The demolition was carried out by the Punjab Waqf Board in Chandigarh Colony of Tanda, based on...

New Delhi, February 23 Two individuals were arrested at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport after over Rs 10 crore worth of ganja (marijuana) was seized from them, the Customs department said on Monday.The seizure of 10.724 kg of ganja was made on February 19, according to an official...

Chandigarh, February 22 An Army man, a dismissed Punjab Police personnel, and two women were among six people arrested on Sunday as the state police unearthed a well-organized heroin trafficking network.The accused were involved in multiple drug trafficking cases, Director General of Police...

Jammu, February 21 Seven individuals alleged to be involved in drug trafficking were arrested in different locations in the districts of Jammu and Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.Balvinder Kumar and Sunny Kumar, both residents of R S Pura, were arrested from the Gandhi...

Maharajganj (UP), February 20 A man was arrested here with approximately 48 kilograms of charas, worth around Rs 20 crore in the international market, a senior police officer said on Friday.The accused, identified as Rakesh Yadav (35), a resident of Maharajganj, was arrested by a police team...

Itanagar, February 20 – Security forces in Arunachal Pradesh thwarted a major terror incident by arresting an NSCN-IM militant and recovering a cache of arms and ammunition during a joint operation in the border district of Longding, officials said on Friday.A police official in Itanagar said...

Jabalpur, February 19 – A special NDPS court in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, on Thursday sentenced three drug traffickers to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh each for interstate activities involving Ganja (cannabis), an NCB official said.The three convicts were...

Thane, February 19 A special court in the Thane district of Maharashtra has sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on him for possessing and storing mephedrone and ketamine drugs in commercial quantities.The order was passed on February 13, and a...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 4.776 kg of cocaine worth over 23 crore rupees from a Brazilian passenger at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru. Acting on specific intelligence, the NCB's Bengaluru Zonal Unit intercepted the accused in the early hours of yesterday after he...

Beed, Feb 18 The Crime Branch seized approximately ₹3.31 lakh worth of illicit opium poppy plants from an onion farm in Beed, arresting one person, according to police.Police stated that the accused, identified as Bansi Ghadge, allegedly cultivated opium poppies alongside his onion plantation...

Mumbai, February 18 The smuggling of hydroponic cannabis or marijuana has emerged as "one of the biggest threats" at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in 2025-26, with Thailand being a major source of the contraband, officials said on Wednesday.Between April 2025 and January...

Srinagar, February 17 Jammu and Kashmir Police apprehended three alleged drug peddlers from the Pattan area of the Baramulla district on Tuesday.In a post on the official X handle of the Baramulla Police, a spokesperson said that 61 grams of a substance resembling brown sugar, 39 foil pouches...

Kolkata, February 16 The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted bail to a pharmacy owner, who was arrested for storing large quantities of cough syrup, noting that the West Bengal government could not produce any circular that deters any wholesaler or retailer from storing such material.The...

In order to enhance the investigative skills and legal knowledge of Investigation Officers dealing with narcotics-related cases, a three-day training program on the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was organized at the District Training Centre, DPL Shopian.Shopian...

Bengaluru, February 16 A passenger who arrived from Bangkok at the Kempegowda International Airport here was arrested with 6.98 kg of hydroponic cannabis, valued at ₹2.44 crore, officials said on Monday.The accused, whose identity has not been disclosed, was arrested on February 13 under the...

Chandauli (UP), February 15 Police here on Sunday attached immovable properties worth approximately Rs 3.5 crore, allegedly acquired through the illegal trade of codeine-based cough syrup, officials said.The action was carried out by a joint team of the Mughalsarai police station and the Crime...

Lucknow, February 14 A man suspected of being a drug peddler was arrested here with heroin worth more than Rs 10 crore in the international market, police said on Saturday.Acting on specific intelligence, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted a passenger...

Shimla, February 14 Himachal Pradesh Police has arrested a key drug supplier allegedly involved in procuring and distributing chitta (adulterated heroin) here, including sourcing the contraband from areas near the India-Nepal border, officials said on Saturday.The accused, Vijender Singh alias...