As in a single day records more than 1.40 lakh kg of narcotics were destroyed in different parts of the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday appealed to the law enforcement agencies of different states and Union Territories (UTs) for "constant vigilance" for the elimination of
Baramulla police on Sunday said it conducted a massive crackdown on narco terror at various locations from Uri along the Line of Control (LoC) to other parts of Baramulla district over the last few days, arresting 318 drug peddlers while recovering huge consigments of drugs.
Poppy has been eradicated from around 40,000 acres of land in the Badakhshan province in the last three months, Khaama Press reported citing Shafiqullah Hafizi, the director of the counter-narcotics police department in the province.
Customs officials have arrested one passenger, holder of Republic of Liberia passport from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi and recovered 34 capsules containing a narcotic substance white coloured powder/granules, the officials said.
In this regard, the official media handle of Samba police took to Twitter and said, "Samba Police today arrested two notorious narco-suppliers and recovered heroin worth Rs 50,000 approximately, opium straw weighing 1.450 Kg."
Heroin, Rs 2 crore, stuffed in as many as 24 soap cases were seized and four accused were arrested by Srikona Battalion of Agartala Sector Assam Rifles on Monday, said officials.
In a combined operation by the Assam Rifles and Excise and Narcotics, Anti-Narcotics Squad, Aizawl apprehended two people with 340 grams of heroin worth Rs 1,70,00,000.
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday extended interim relief from arrest to former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede till July 20 in the alleged bribery case in the drugs-on-cruise case involving actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan.
The residential property belongs to Bikramjit Singh alias Bikram Singh alias Vicky and Maninder Singh alias Mani. The property has been attached under section 25(1) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 after its designation as 'proceeds of terrorism', said the NIA.
"A total of 2027 grammes of Heroin valued at approx. Rs. 14.2 crore in the international market were seized. The passenger has been arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985, and remanded to judicial custody by the Court. Diligent, alert, and prompt action by the Hyderabad Customs officers has re