Silchar: Security agencies carried out two major anti-narcotics operations in Assam‘s Barak Valley over the weekend, seizing Yaba tablets worth an estimated Rs 6 crore and more than 10 kg of suspected cannabis in separate incidents, officials said.In the bigger haul, Assam Rifles, acting on specific intelligence from the 3 Field Intelligence Detachment (3 FID),…
Four ganja smugglers arrested by STF in Bhubaneswar on Friday Bhubaneswar: A BBA graduate from Keralam and three youths from Kandhamal and Balasore districts were arrested by the special task force of the state crime branch in Bhubaneswar on Friday for allegedly running an inter-state ganja trafficking racket. STF DIG Kanwar Vishal Singh said the…
Varanasi: In a joint operation, Chandauli Police and STF Varanasi seized a consignment of 501.3kg illegal cannabis being smuggled from Odisha and arrested two members of the gang were arrested on Tuesday.The contraband worth Rs. 1.25 crore in the international market was recovered during a checking drive near Parag Dairy, adjacent to Katriya underpass in…
Aizawl: Officials of the Mizoram excise and narcotics department and the Assam Rifles, in a joint operation, seized over 141 grams of heroin on a road between Zote and Bulfek villages in Champhai district on Tuesday night, department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga said on Wednesday.Two women, Nianglamnuami (26) and Lalnunmawii (30), both residents of the Mual…
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…
Police seized assets of drug smugglers in Jhalawar Jaipur: Palatial mansions, sprawling villas and prime commercial properties, not a luxury real estate portfolio, but a Rs 212 crore empire that Jhalawar police claim to have dismantled in what is being described as Rajasthan’s largest crackdown on narcotics trafficking.Over the past year, Jhalawar police, in coordination…
Ramesh Chennithala at the coordination meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s anti-drug campaign, ‘Operation Toofan: The Narco Hunt’, has led to the seizure of banned narcotics amounting to Rs 10 crore so far, home minister Ramesh Chennithala said here on Tuesday.Addressing a news conference after an inter-agency coordination meeting at the police headquarters, Chennithala…
Varanasi: The Varanasi field unit of the UP Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday recovered 123 kg of ganja (cannabis) worth Rs 30 lakh and arrested one person during a raid at the warehouse of a prominent courier company, in the Parmanandpur area under Rohania police station.The STF, along with sleuths from the Narcotics Control…
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…
Thiruvananthapuram: As part of Operation Toofan: The Narco Hunt, a statewide special drive launched by state police to curb drug trafficking and abuse, 368 persons were arrested and large quantities of narcotic substances were seized during raids conducted across the state.Police subjected suspected drug peddlers and individuals involved in narcotics distribution to extensive inspections and…
