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Ranchi/Medininagar (Jharkhand), March 31 Poppy husk and opium worth a total of Rs 1.23 crore have been seized, and three persons have been arrested in separate incidents in Ranchi and Palamu districts of Jharkhand, police said on Tuesday.In Ranchi district, police arrested one person and...

Kabul, March 29 – Afghan security forces have dismantled two clandestine heroin processing laboratories and destroyed more than 6,000 kg of illicit drugs in the western Ghor province, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Sunday.Counter-narcotics units carried out targeted operations...

Bhopal, March 29 A tiger fitted with a radio collar has allegedly been poisoned to death near the Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) in Madhya Pradesh, following which police have arrested five individuals, officials said.The accused, who laced the tiger's carcass with poison, allegedly took this...

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...

Chandigarh, March 24 The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Tuesday that it has secured a one-year preventive detention of Sandeep Singh alias Chatha, a known criminal involved in multiple drug trafficking-related criminal activities.Chatha, a resident of Rasulpur Rohi in Amritsar, Punjab...

Chatra/Medininagar, March 17 Police have seized 4.53 kg of opium and 1,318 bottles of spurious foreign liquor in separate operations in the districts of Chatra and Palamu in Jharkhand, and arrested five people, officials said on Tuesday.In Chatra, a unit for manufacturing spurious liquor was...

Jaipur, March 12 Police in Jaipur on Thursday arrested a man and seized 363 opium plants that he had illegally cultivated in his field, during a special drive against narcotics in the state capital.Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Khorabisal police station conducted a raid in Kishanpura...

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...

Bhopal, March 9 – Madhya Pradesh police in the districts of Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, and Damoh seized over 7,890 kg of opium, estimated to have a market value of over Rs 3 crore.Related cases have been registered under the NDPS Act, and legal action is being taken.Police received information...

Chandigarh, March 9 The Punjab Police arrested 167 people on Monday as part of the ongoing anti-gangster campaign, "Gangstran Te Vaar," officials said.The campaign, launched on January 20 by Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav under the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann...

Thane, March 7 Police have seized dry opium worth Rs 38 lakh from a car and a pickup van in Thane district, Maharashtra, and arrested one person, an official said on Saturday.A patrolling team noticed a car and a pickup van moving suspiciously near a crusher unit on the road between Ovlikhind...

Chandigarh, March 3 The Haryana Police launched a large-scale special operation, "Operation Aakraman-21," across the state ahead of Holi, taking strict action against criminals and anti-social elements.Under the leadership of Director General of Police Ajay Singhal, the operation took place on...

Thane, March 2 Narcotics worth Rs 18.63 crore were destroyed on Monday as part of the 'Nasha Mukt (Drug Free) Navi Mumbai' campaign, a senior police official said.Drugs worth Rs 18.63 crore seized in 55 cases were destroyed at the Mumbai Waste Management Company in Taloja, Panvel, after...

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...

Raipur, February 25 A total of 2,599 accused were arrested for illegal trafficking of narcotics in Chhattisgarh over the last 13 months, with the recovery of 20,089 kg of ganja, more than three lakh psychotropic drugs, and other contraband, the assembly was told on Wednesday.Deputy Chief...

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...

Bhavnagar, February 23 – The Sihor Police in the Bhavnagar district have seized narcotic crops and related materials worth more than Rs 10.92 crore after uncovering illegal cultivation in the border area between the villages of Sakhvadar and Sar, officials said on Monday.The seizure was made...

Jalandhar, February 19 Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav inaugurated a new building of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force, Jalandhar Range, at the Police Lines here on Thursday, officials said.The DGP was accompanied by Special DGP, Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Kuldeep Singh, ADGP, ANTF, Nilabh Kishore...

Jalandhar, February 19 – In a move to intensify the ongoing drug eradication campaign, ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav inaugurated the ultra-modern office of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Jalandhar Range, on Thursday.The state-of-the-art...