The Jammu and Kashmir administration has terminated six government officials, including five police personnel and a teacher for their alleged involvement in narco-terror activities, sources said on Saturday.
The property was identified as being acquired through the illicit drug trade, specifically the trafficking of Narcotic drugs and Psychotropic substances.
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Deputy Director General Neeraj Kumar Gupta on Monday stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a vision to make the nation Drug-free by 2047. He further mentioned that 118 kg of heroin seized between 2021-2023 in Punjab has been disposed of today.
Assam police seized 30,000 Yaba tablets worth Rs 9 crore in Cachar district and arrested an accused in connection with the same on Saturday, police said.
An FIR has been registered against the accused and further backward linkages are being investigated to incapacitate the illegal arms and drug cartels, police said.
The sleuths of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Delhi Police nabbed a drug peddler with links to a drug nexus based in Afghanistan in the Lajpat Nagar area of Delhi.
Launching a scathing attack on former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday compared YSRCP chief to slain Columbian narco-terrorist, Pablo Escobar.
In a major crackdown on drug trafficking, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Guwahati Zonal Unit seized 6.790 kg of drugs and apprehended two individuals on July 23.
A drug peddler was arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Squad of South-East District after a raid was conducted at Hari Nagar Ashram, Sunlight Colony last week, Delhi police said on Wednesday.
As part of its zero-tolerance policy against narco-terror in Jammu and Kashmir, four government employees have been terminated from the service by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha by invoking Article 311 of the Constitution, sources said
In a precise operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai on Sunday arrested three drug traffickers and recovered 3,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup (CBCS).