A Pakistani boat carrying drugs worth Rs 480 crore was intercepted near Gujarat's Porbandar in an overnight operation, an official statement on Tuesday said.
The Narcotics Control Bureau apprehended Jaffer Sadiq, the alleged kingpin of an international drug trafficking network spread over India, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia, officials said on Saturday.
Actress Kranti Redkar Wankhede, who is also the wife of former Mumbai NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, has allegedly received death threats and obscene messages coming from Pakistani numbers, police said on Friday.
Sameer Wankhede, former zonal director at the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said that for officers under the oath of the Indian Constitution, there is nothing such as a high- or low-profile case, adding that only facts matter before the official.
The Bombay High Court on Friday extended the relief from arrest given to former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede till March 27 in connection with a money laundering case.
The recovery is under a component of "SAGAR-MANTHAN 1", a series of maritime operations, launched by the NCB in coordination with the Indian Navy by pursuing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a drug-free India.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday lauded the Indian Navy and NCB's joint operation in seizing almost 3,300 kg of contraband off the coast of Gujarat and called it a 'testament' to the government's unwavering commitment to making India a drug-free nation.
In a successful coordinated operation at sea, Indian Navy, in coordination with Narcotics Control Bureau, apprehended a suspicious boat carrying almost 3,300 kg of contraband, making it the largest in terms of quantity, in recent times, said the Indian Navy in a statement.
The Pune police recently seized approximately 1,800 kilograms of mephedrone, valued at Rs 3,600 crore in the international market, after raids at various locations.
Narcotics Control Bureau Headquarters, in a joint operation with the Special Cell of Delhi Police, claimed to have busted an international drug trafficking gang network involved in the trafficking of precursor chemicals, officials said on Saturday.
The said interception was made at a Dhaba on Bemetara-Simga Road in Chhattisgrah's Bemetara district on Thursday (February 15). During search of the truck 628.420 Kgs Ganja was recovered which was hidden underneath the rice bran sacks used for concealment of the contraband, according to an o