The Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) of the Chandigarh Police on Saturday said it has arrested a prime accused believed to be the high profile hawala operator and mastermind of many shell companies having links with the International drug money transfer network in Punjab and Chandigarh.
According to the police, they have also recovered 60 grams of Amphetamine--worth approx. 30 Lacs in the international market and 15 grams of heroin--worth approx. 4.5 lakhs in the international market by the anti-narcotics squad and 625 grams of ganja by the staff of Sultan Puri Police Stati
The Telangana Anti-Narcotic Bureau (TSNAB) has arrested a Nigerian national in possession of psychotropic drugs in Hyderabad. The psychotropic drugs—Ecstasy (MD) pills—seized from him are worth around Rs. 10.56 lakhs, said authorities.
The official added that the accused was wanted in multiple cases of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS)Act, and his two accomplices have already been arrested by the SSOC Amritsar after recovering 14kg of heroin from their possession.
The Telangana Anti-Narcotic Bureau (TSNAB) has apprehended six persons in possession of ganja in Hyderabad. Sale proceeds of Rs 12 lakhs, 44 kilogrammes of ganja, and vehicles have been seized from them, officials said.
During the same period, their efforts also resulted in substantial seizures, including confiscating 491 kilogrammes of drugs and 3,333,916 narcotic pills.
The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Punjab Police, recovered three packets of a narcotics substance weighing around 3 kilograms from the outskirts of Machiwara Village in Ferozepur district of Punjab on Sunday morning, according to an official statement.
In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and Kamalpur police station on Tuesday seized 23 grams of drugs worth over Rs 9.2 lakhs and apprehended a person in Tripura's Dhalai district, officials informed through a statement.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that in a special campaign by Ministry of Home Affairs till now more than 10.1 lakh kg of drugs have been destroyed and 1.40 lakh kg of narcotics were destroyed in a single day on July 17.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday booked a drug peddler at Mendhar in Poonch under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act(PIT NDPS Act).