Sending out a strong message against the growing drug menace, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that the fight against narcotics is not merely a public health campaign but a crucial battle for national security, asserting that every rupee spent on drugs strengthens terror networks.
Calling the fight against drugs a top priority, CM Sukhu directed all departments to put in place the necessary mechanisms to ensure drug screening prior to appointments.
In a major embarrassment for the Punjab Police, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Bhindi Saidan police station in Amritsar has been arrested following the recovery of 2 kilograms of heroin from his possession.
In furtherance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision and centre’s policy of “Zero Tolerance” towards drugs, the Delhi Police are organizing a week-long anti-drug awareness campaign ‘Nasha – Not Cool’ across the national capital, beginning Friday.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday said it collaborated with Government of India law enforcement partners to identify, investigate, and dismantle dangerous criminal organizations that engage in these types of illegal drug trafficking operations.
Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested after a raid at a courier delivery unit, police said.
The report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company, showed that anti-obesity medications are the industry trend that will have the greatest impact in the next 12 months.
Spurious drugs worth Rs 6.60 crore was seized by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), East Zone, and the Drugs Control Directorate, West Bengal from a whole premises in Kolkata.
The Central Drugs Laboratories identified 41 drug samples to be not of standard quality (NSQ), while State Drugs Testing Laboratories also found 70 drugs samples not of standard quality during the month of November, said Union Health Ministry on Friday.
The Delhi Customs said on Tuesday that a Brazilian national was apprehended for smuggling cocaine in the form of capsules inside his stomach at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
