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Patna, March 21 – In a major crackdown, a joint operation by the police and the Narcotics Cell in Samastipur district has busted a drug trafficking network, leading to the arrest of two individuals and the seizure of heroin worth approximately Rs 6 lakh.According to a press release issued by...

Chandigarh, March 21 – Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann presented a focused report card on law and order under the AAP government as part of the ongoing series ‘Shandaar Chaar Saal Bhagwant Mann De Naal’, aimed at providing a clear, sector-wise account of four years of governance to the...

Thane, March 20 A 17-year-old boy was apprehended allegedly with 10 kilograms of marijuana worth Rs 12.66 lakh in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Friday.He was apprehended on Thursday after a car with two occupants was intercepted, one of whom, a 22-year-old man, managed to...

Mumbai, March 19 The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) has arrested four passengers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here for allegedly smuggling 64.394 kilograms of hydroponic cannabis worth more than Rs 64 crore, an official said on Thursday.The consignment had reportedly been...

Beed, March 19 Police have seized nearly 22 kilograms of cannabis from a farm in the Beed district of Maharashtra and arrested a woman in connection with the incident, officials said on Thursday.The operation was carried out in Lonwal village in the Wadwani tehsil on Wednesday, based on a...

Amritsar, March 19 – The Punjab Police intensified its ongoing anti-drug and anti-gangster crackdown on Thursday under the 'Gangster Te War' campaign, conducting large-scale Cordon and Search Operations (CASO) in several districts including Barnala, Amritsar, and Hoshiarpur.Senior police...

New Delhi, March 19 – The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings against YouTuber and reality show winner Elvish Yadav in a case involving the procurement and use of snake venom at rave parties in Noida and the National Capital Region (NCR), holding that the invocation of...

Jammu, March 19 – In response to the rush of pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir during the Chaitra Navratri festival, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Udhampur-Reasi range held a crime review meeting on Thursday.According to a police...

Srinagar, March 18 – Police in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir announced on Wednesday that a vehicle acquired through the proceeds of the drug trade had been seized.A police statement said: “Continuing its sustained crackdown on narcotics-related activities, the Shopian police have...

Ahmedabad, March 17 The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested two individuals after uncovering a mephedrone manufacturing unit on a farm in Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.The ATS seized 6 kg of mephedrone, 50 kg of liquid mephedrone, and 88 kg of a...

Jammu, March 18 A house belonging to a notorious drug peddler was seized in the Samba district on Wednesday, police said.The house of Masoom Ali, also known as 'Kala', was seized in Rakh Barotian, Vijaypur tehsil, under Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act...

Shimla, March 18 A married couple was arrested with 21.01 grams of 'chitta' (adulterated heroin) from a hotel in Sundernagar in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Arun Bhatti and Parul Guleria, both residents of Mandi who had recently gotten...

Hyderabad, March 17 Telangana Director General of Police B Shivadhar Reddy on Tuesday constituted a nine-member SIT to investigate the case of alleged drug seizure at a farmhouse in Moinabad near here, in which a TDP MP and a former BRS MLA are allegedly involved.TDP MP from Andhra Pradesh...

Bengaluru, March 17 Karnataka Excise Minister R B Timmapur told the Assembly on Tuesday that the state government will introduce new laws with strict measures aimed at preventing the illegal sale of liquor.He advocated for stricter action against individuals involved in selling chloral hydrate...

Hyderabad, March 17 – The Telangana Police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the Moinabad farmhouse drugs case, in which TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar, former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy, and others were arrested for allegedly consuming drugs.The nine-member SIT will work...

New Delhi, March 17 A Delhi court has convicted a man in a narcotics case involving the recovery of a commercial quantity of heroin, stating that the prosecution has proven the chain of evidence and the recovery beyond a reasonable doubt.Special Judge (NDPS) Harvinder Singh Johal was hearing a...

Srinagar, March 16 Police on Monday seized assets worth crores belonging to an alleged drug peddler in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.Police seized four immovable properties belonging to "notorious drug peddler" Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Rakh e Lajoora, in...

Bengaluru, March 16 A passenger was arrested at Kempegowda International Airport upon arrival from Bangkok with hydroponic cannabis worth approximately ₹39.37 lakh, officials said on Monday.The arrest was made under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on March 14, they...

Hyderabad, March 15 TDP MP from Andhra Pradesh Putta Mahesh Kumar and former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy were among the 11 people detained here following an alleged drug bust at a farmhouse in Moinabad, although the MP and seven others were subsequently released on Sunday, officials said.Mahesh...

Hyderabad, March 15 – Former BRS MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy and two other accused were remanded in judicial custody for 14 days in the Moinabad farmhouse drug case.Police produced Rohit Reddy, his brother Ritesh Reddy, and Delhi-based businessman Namith Sharma before a magistrate at Upperpally late...