Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday accused the opposition Congress of “providing protection to drug smugglers”.Referring to a recent video where a man was seen raising slogans from the dais in favour of Charanjit Singh Channi in the presence of Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja…
Prayagraj: In one of the biggest narcotics destruction drives in Yamunanagar area, Prayagraj Police destroyed 1,115.95 kg of seized cannabis worth an estimated Rs 5.58 crore under its anti-drug campaign, ‘Operation Dahan’, on Saturday.The destruction was carried out by joint teams of the Narcotics Task Force (Crime Branch), Naini police and Industrial Area police in…
KOLKATA: Bengal can become the first state to have a Special Investigation Agency (SIA) modelled on National Investigation Agency (NIA). The proposal was among several discussed at a law-and-order review meeting chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah and attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari, along with senior officials from the state and the Centre, in…
Varanasi: A joint team of the Robertsganj police and the Lucknow unit of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) busted an inter-state ganja smuggling network and arrested six alleged traffickers, recovering over eight quintals of cannabis valued at around Rs 80.6 lakh.Investigators also learned that the network used the Agra-Lucknow Expressway to transport consignments to the…
Ranchi: The home, jail and disaster management department will provide rewards to govt servants and public for giving police information on illegal production, smuggling and peddling of narcotics in order to destroy and curb the menace.Officials said that state govt believes fiscal incentives will motivate people to start an anti-narcotics movement by providing right information…
Prayagraj: Under ‘Operation Dahan’, around 13 quintals (1,300 kg) of ganja (cannabis)—valued at worth 6.50 crore—were destroyed at a brick kiln by a joint team of Handia police and Narcotics task force in the presence of a high-level committee.Officials said that a special campaign against narcotics, titled ‘Operation Dahan’, is being conducted under the direction…
Manoharlal Vishnoi arrested by the ANTF Jaipur: The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Sunday arrested a drug trafficker from Jalore who had evaded police for more than three years by avoiding mobile phones and operating through a shadow network centred around a motor garage in Jalore.IG (ANTF) Vikas Kumar identified the accused as Manoharlal Vishnoi, a…
CHENNAI: The Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Unit (ANIU), which operated in Chennai for the past two years, has been renamed as Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) after the state govt formally issued orders expanding the unit across Tamil Nadu.Police said the newly formed ANTF was vested with intelligence-gathering and prosecution powers. Until the transition process is completed, the…
Coimbatore: The city and rural police have formed anti-narcotics task forces – specialized units dedicated to drug eradication – on the orders of chief minister C Joseph Vijay.Vijay had ordered creation of 65 anti-narcotics task forces across the state to curb drug peddling and usage. Based on this directive, the city police have formed two…
