Tag: drug

J&K LG calls for stringent action against drug traffickers

Manoj Sinha was presiding over the 5th UT level meeting of Narco Coordination Center (NCORD) attended by Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh and senior officers of police and J&K administration.

June 5, 2023

Odisha STF nabs interstate drug racket mastermind from Guwahati

The fugitive drug peddler has been identified as Salim Ahmmed, a resident of a village in Imphal East district of Manipur.

February 9, 2023

Punjab: Army man, aide held with 31-kg heroin from Fazilka

The 26-years-old Army personnel, posted as Sepoy in Pathankot, was arrested along with his aide Paramjeet Singh alias Pamma of Village Mahalam in Fazilka.

January 7, 2023

Minor girl raped in Kolkata after being drugged

The incident took place on October 24 this year, however, she filed a complaint with the police on December 16 night.

December 18, 2022

Two foreigners held with heroin in separate operations in Dwarka

In two separate operations, the sleuths of Delhi Police have arrested two Nigerian nationals and recovered over one kg of heroin worth more than Rs 1 crore in international market.

October 31, 2022

Punjab: Drug addict sets five of his family, including wife & children, on fire

The victims include the suspect's wife Paramjit Kaur, 28, her son and daughter aged five and seven, respectively, his wife’s parents, Surjan Singh, 58, and Joginder Bai, 54.

October 18, 2022

Drug bust: Rs one crore worth brown sugar seized, two held

The drug peddlers possessing 1.060 kilograms of brown sugar were nabbed near Balasore railway station area on Monday.

October 18, 2022

Ayurvedic drug ‘BGR-34’ reduces obesity along with diabetes: AIIMS study

Led by Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sarangi, Additional Professor, Department of Pharmacology AIIMS, the team reached this conclusion following a study spanning three years.

September 25, 2022

Death penalty not a deterrent

The government, though, estimates the number of deaths at “only” 6,000 who died in the course of over 200,000 anti-illegal drug operations as of May this year.

September 7, 2022

Two held in Delhi with over 1 kg heroin

Two wanted criminals, who were carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on their head, were held in Delhi's Rohini along with 1.3 kg heroin valued at Rs 2 crore.

September 4, 2022

Punjab Police seize 38 kg heroin being transported from Gujarat

Kulwinder, on the instruction of Rajesh Kumar, had brought two consignments of 10 kg and 20 kg heroin from Srinagar in Jan, besides 1 kg of heroin from Delhi.

August 28, 2022

Punjab Police arrests 141 absconders in drug cases

he police have also recovered 5.53 kilogram (kg) heroin, 21.9 kg opium, 21.5 kg ganja, six quintals of poppy husk and 1.46 lakh tablets, capsules, injections and vials of Pharma opioids.

August 8, 2022

Drug Menace: 2205 drug smugglers held in less than 1 month, says Punjab Police

The police have registered a total of 1730 first information reports (FIRs) in the span of which 145 are related to commercial quantity.

August 1, 2022

Drug peddler loses ill-gotten property worth Rs 1.32 crore

The arrested drug peddler- Sheikh Jamsed- had acquired assets from the proceeds of narcotics trade. Seized properties included a three storied building, residential plots.

July 31, 2022

Drug bust: 4 held with brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore

On interrogation, the accused persons revealed that they procured the banned substances from Balasore district to smuggle it in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri.

June 26, 2022

STF burst drug peddling racket: Rs 2.5 crore worth brown sugar seized

The drug peddlers identified as Bhagirathi Bhatt, Biswajit Nayak, Chandan Mallik were nabbed with the banned substances in a raid conducted by a team of STF near AIIMs, Bhubaneswar. All the accused persons were the natives of Khordha district.

June 6, 2022

Mann tells police officers to nab the big sharks running drug mafia

Addressing a high-level meeting of the CPs and SSPs at Punjab Bhawan this morning, the CM said in case any incident of drug supply comes to his notice from any part of the state, then the concerned SSP or CP would be held solely accountable.

May 12, 2022