This medal has been awarded to the Special Investigation Team which busted an International Drug Syndicate in November 2022 which was being run from Ludhiana, Punjab with roots in Dubai, Afghanistan and Pakistan, said officials.
Delhi Airport Customs seized narcotics worth Rs 8.3 crore, weighing 593 grammes, from a foreign national at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, an official said on Monday.
A joint operation was launched by the Punjab Police and BSF on the basis of specific input that was received regarding the presence of narcotics items on the outskirts of Kalsian village.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers have busted a factory involved in the production and storage of Narcotics at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, in Maharashtra's Aurangabad, said officials on Sunday.
"During the search operation, at about 7:10 pm, a drone in broken condition along with 1 battery and 1 broken bottle wrapped with yellow adhesive tape, attached with a ring for hanging it with a drone, was recovered from the farming field adjacent to Village Dholan, said the statement.
Another attempt of smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone was foiled by BSF and Punjab Police on Thursday and recovered a drone during joint search operation on the outskirts of Bharopal village in Amritsar (Rural) district, said BSF.
The Anti-Narcotic Task Force (ANTF) of the Himachal Police seized 9.923 kg of cannabis along with the arrest of two persons in the Mandi district, police said on Thursday.
"On October 25, during the afternoon hours, based on specific information regarding the presence of a drone, a search operation was launched by BSF on the outskirts of Village Dhanoe Khurd, District Amritsar. During the search operation, at about 15:05 pm, a drone was recovered from paddy fi
A total of 328 kg of narcotic substances, valued at Rs 284 crore, and a staggering 80.2 lakh sticks of foreign origin cigarettes, with an approximate worth of Rs 9.85 crore, were safely and non-hazardously annihilated, read the press release issued by the Ministry of Finance.
In Punjab's Kapurthala city, several cases of women involved in the drug trade have come to the fore. With husbands in prison, their wives have stepped into the drug trafficking, continuing the illicit narcotics trade in the city.