Tag: drug racket

COVID-19 situation only worsening not improving, says Supreme Court

The observation by the top court came on Tuesday while extending the parole of a Punjab based businessman accused in a drug racket case.

June 17, 2020

NCB busts drug racket, arrests 3

Officials seize 3161 psychotropic tablets worth Rs 10-15 lakh.

September 28, 2018

Punjab Police bust international drug racket, 4 arrested

Punjab Police said these arrests have exposed a module that was involved in smuggling opium and the potent date-rape drug ketamine.

June 17, 2018

Two foreign drug suppliers held with heroin in Delhi

 Two citizens of Cote D’ Ivoire, who were part of an international drug racket supplying drugs to their contacts and rave party organisers in the national capital have been arrested here, police said on Sunday. “The have been identified as Sace Lirbat, 33 and Okna Andern, 29. They were arrested on Saturday from Uttam Nagar’s...

June 4, 2018

Drug racket crackdown continues; kingpin held from Nashik

Continuing its crackdown on alleged drug racketeers, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Eastern Zone, part of its clampdown of drug abusers, on Friday arrested a 20-year old student, alleged to be a kingpin, from Nashik, Maharashtra on charges of smuggling of drugs. He was also wanted in connection of Dubai drug Gate. According to officers of...

March 17, 2018

Drug racket: British national, 2 others charge-sheeted

The Goa Police has filed charge sheets against three persons, including a British national, who were arrested for allegedly running a drug racket. The Goa crime branch’s anti-narcotics cell, which investigated the cases against the accused, filed three separate charge sheets against them in the district and sessions court here yesterday. The police charged British...

September 19, 2017

Suspense on next move by SIT in Hyderabad drug case

Speculation abounds on the next move by Telangana's Prohibition and Excise Department in its high-profile investigation into the sensational drug racket allegedly involving several film personalities. After the questioning of 12 personalities from the Telugu film industry, owners of several pubs and bars, issuing notices to schools and colleges and even some information technology companies,...

August 6, 2017

Telugu actor Tanish Alladi appears before SIT

Telugu film actor Tanish Alladi today appeared before the SIT of Telangana's excise department as part of an ongoing probe into the online drug racket busted by it earlier this month. Tanish, who started his film career as a child artiste, has so far acted in about 19 films. He appeared before SIT sleuths this...

July 31, 2017

Kids doing drugs worries me: Rana Daggubati

In wake of a major drug bust earlier this month in Hyderabad, actor Rana Daggubati said it worries him and it's really dangerous to know that school children have been involved in this racket. The Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department had seized 700 dots of LSD worth Rs 20 lakh and 35gm of MDMA —...

July 29, 2017

Actor Charmee Kaur appears before SIT

Actor Charmee Kaur on Thursday appeared before the special investigation team (SIT) of Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department here which is probing a drug racket. Charmee is the seventh person from the Telugu film industry to appear before the SIT. The SIT has summoned 12 persons from the film industry, including directors and actors, for questioning...

July 27, 2017

Hyderabad drug case: Actor Mumaith Khan appears before SIT

Actor Mumaith Khan on Thursday appeared before the special investigation team (SIT), which has been questioning several Telugu film personalities in connection with its probe into the drug racket busted here. After being summoned by the SIT, Khan had to leave a reality show, she was participating in, to present herself for questioning. Apart from...

July 27, 2017

News channels destroyed my life: Puri Jagannadh

Telugu filmmaker Puri Jagannadh, who was quizzed by Telangana's excise officials probing a drug racket, has lashed out at television news channels, saying they destroyed his life. After nearly a day-long questioning by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday, the well-known director posted a video on his Twitter account to vent his feelings. Denying...

July 20, 2017

Director Puri Jagannadh appears before SIT probing Hyderabad drug racket

Well-known Telugu film director Puri Jagannadh on Wednesday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the drug racket in Hyderabad, officials said. Accompanied by his brother and son, the director reached the office of Prohibition & Excise Department around 10 a.m. amid tight security arrangements, in response to the notice served on him. With the questioning of Jagannadh,...

July 19, 2017

Tollywood link to drug racket in Hyderabad under probe

 At least 15 personalities from the Telugu film industry are suspected to be involved in the sensational drug racket busted in Hyderabad last week, officials said on Thursday. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Enforcement Wing of Prohibition and Excise (P&E) Department has sent notices to these personalities to personally appear before it between July...

July 13, 2017