Punjab Police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Friday arrested a drug inspector for his involvement in facilitating drug smuggling operations connected to illegal pharmaceuticals and medical stores and laundering the drug money in the benami accounts in the names of his relatives.
Uttarakhand Director of Police (DGP) Abhinav Kumar said on Wednesday that the police is going to take a zero-tolerance policy for crimes regarding looting, dacoity, and drug smuggling in the state. He also addressed the changes carried out in the police department after a three-hour marathon
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the MANAS (Madak Padarth Nisedh Asuchna Kendra) Portal on July 18 with a toll-free number 1933 to seek advice on de-addiction and rehabilitation and share information on drug trafficking.
The state government had earlier sent a notice to the club for being constructed in a public area. It was also reported that the club was alleged to be at the centre of smuggling and other anti-social activities.
In a significant crackdown on drug smuggling, Officer-In-Charge Samaresh Das arrested a man for drug smuggling and successfully seized a large consignment of Ganja hidden in a truck loaded with online delivery materials on Friday.
Punjab police have busted two separate cross-border drug smuggling cartels being operated by Pakistan-based smugglers, arrested three drug traffickers, and recovered a total of 9.2 kg heroin from their possession.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) team of the customs department arrested two Tanzanian nationals including a man and a woman at Kochi airport in Kerala for attempting to smuggle cocaine by hiding it in their stomach, said an official on Sunday.
The Special DGP said that to break the backbone of the drug smuggling networks running from across the border, strict vigil is being kept on the movement of drones, which have emerged as the new modus operandi to smuggle drugs, weapons and explosives from across the border.
In a joint operation with the Punjab police, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday arrested two suspected drug smugglers in the Kakkar district of Punjab's Amritsar, an official statement said.