SIT submits final report on codeine syrup racket, major crackdown and ₹50 lakh seizure in Etah
The report exposes a vast network involving drug trafficking, hawala transactions, and alleged political links.
The report exposes a vast network involving drug trafficking, hawala transactions, and alleged political links.
According to Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Dr. Krishna Gopal Singh, the arrests were made following a complaint by Drug Inspector Umesh Kumar Bharti.
According to sources here on Monday, intelligence inputs suggest that some Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators may be working under the guise of municipal sanitation workers.
Following the instructions of Chief Minister Adityanath, a major operation was launched across the state by the ANTF (Anti-Narcotics Task Force) and the Food Safety and Drug Administration, particularly against the use of Codeine cough syrup.
The government has directed all district officials to take strict legal action against those involved in this trade.
The raids also led to the recovery of 431 grams of heroin, 1,608 intoxicant tablets/capsules, and ₹42,250 in drug money from the arrested smugglers.
However, the Opposition BRS has cried foul over the order, accusing the Telangana police of cracking down on social media activists in the guise of tackling cyber frauds.
The Assam government has arrested over 40 people, including several with suspected links to international trafficking syndicates, under the state’s year-long anti-poaching campaign ‘Operation Falcon’, officials said on Monday.
The crackdown is part of an intensified campaign to dismantle armed networks believed to be fuelling ethnic tensions and sporadic violence that have gripped the northeastern state for over a year.
In an unprecedented crackdown to safeguard the authenticity of traditional Kashmir crafts, the Department of Handicrafts and Handloom on Friday issued a stern notice to all registered handicraft dealers, giving them a seven-day deadline to remove all machine-made products—largely imported from Turkey and Iran—from their showrooms.
