Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed the Secretary of Health to achieve the goal of making a drug-free state by 2025 and asked the officials to promptly address the challenges hindering the implementation of concise guidelines and operational strategies for the establi
In a major crackdown on the menace of drugs in the national capital, the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has arrested 776 narco-offenders under Operation Kawach in 615 cases of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) and recovered about 36 kgs of heroin this year to the date,
Pawan Kumar, Superintendent of Police (SP), Anti Narcotics Task Force at Headquarters Lucknow will now be Deputy Commissioner of Police Prayagraj. Suniti currently appointed as SP at Administration, Headquarters DGP, Lucknow has been made DCP Noida, Gautambuddhnagar.
The political slugfest comes after the office of the Union Minister said that the Narendra Modi-led BJP is working towards making the country free from drugs, and in this regard, they'll be opening the NCB office in Amritsar within a month.
According to the official statement released, Rakesh Shukla, Zonal Director, NCB, Kolkata delivered the keynote speech during the programme.
"About 40 students and faculty members participated in the said programme," it said.
Anti Narcotics cell of Mumbai police has arrested two persons and seized 570 bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup(CBCS) worth Rs 2.85 lakhs, the Mumbai police said on Thursday.
The Special Narcotics team of Mizoram police and Assam Rifles in a joint operation has recovered a large quantity of contraband drugs worth over Rs 5 crore and apprehended two persons, said the police.
In the northern province of Baghlan, Afghan counter-narcotics officers destroyed two drug processing facilities and detained two people they believed to be involved in the illegal drug trade, reported Khaama Press.
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered three packets of suspected narcotics along with one blinker ball dropped by a drone near the Ferozepur border in Punjab on Wednesday morning.
Kishore Kumar Panigrahi, the SP of the Odisha STF, informed that in a raid against illegal storage and selling of narcotic drugs, more than 161 kg of Ganja and other incriminating evidence was discovered and seized from the accused.
In pursuance of intensive operational activity and active intelligence, the Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai zone officials have busted an interstate drug syndicate, wherein a total of 20 kg of mephedrone was seized and key members, including a woman kingpin, were arrested from Mumbai's Don