Upon inspection, a total of 14 drums/barrels containing the contraband were discovered, totalling 1,282 kg of dry ganja. The seized substance holds an estimated market value of approximately Rs 65 lakh, added the police.
Delhi Police arrested one person from Indore for pretending to be a woman and blackmailing people on WhatsApp after filming objectionable videos during conversation, police said on Sunday.
In a joint operation of the Special Task Force (STF), Assam and Cachar district police seized 21 kg of heroin worth a staggering Rs 210 crore in Assam's Cachar district. One person was also arrested in connection with the seizure.
One accused was arrested and shot, in an encounter that took place between the police and miscreants in Bisrakh police station of Greater Noida on Tuesday, an official said.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted an international syndicate and seized 1979 grams of white powdery substance purported to be cocaine worth Rs 19.79 crores from one female passenger of Sierra Leone who came from Nairobi to Mumbai on Sunday.
One accused, identified as 28-year-old Lalit Kumar, was arrested on Saturday after a brief exchange of fire at Shergarh-Koshi Road, near village Khadwai in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police in a joint operation thwarted an attempt to produce narcotics in Punjab, by discovering illegal poppy cultivation in bordering areas of Fazilka District on Monday. One person was arrested with 14.40 kgs of opium.
The Cyberabad Special Operation Team (SOT) arrested a man on Thursday who was transporting 50 lakhs of Hawala money from Secunderabad to Gulbarga under Raidurgam police station limits, a police official said.
Airport Special Cargo Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III detected the concealment of 447 grams of marijuana being imported from Thailand on Tuesday, an official said.