Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will inaugurate first National Conference of Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) heads' of states and Union Territories (UTs) here in the national capital on Wednesday.
In a joint operation police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 3 crore and apprehended two persons in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.
The foreign national who had arrived from Entebbe, Uganda was identified and caught on the basis of specific intelligence after which a packet containing the contraband was recovered from him.
After gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj in full media glare on Saturday night, the father of one of the assailants on Sunday said his son was jobless and a drug addict.
Rajasthan Police have seized contraband drugs worth over Rs 70 crore, dropped from a Pakistani drone, in Sri Ganganagar district and arrested three persons, police said on Thursday.
The Government of India has cancelled the licenses of 18 pharma companies for manufacturing spurious medicines following an inspection by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on 76 companies across 20 states, sources said on Thursday.
In yet another success in its drive against trans-border crimes and narcotics trafficking, and foiling a smuggling bid, Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday apprehended two narcotic smugglers with prohibited Yaba Tablets and cough syrup on Indo-Bangladesh international border.