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Centre tells SC content related to drug abuse included in school textbooks
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Centre has apprised the Supreme Court that contents related to drug abuse and ill effects of substances such as alcohol, heroin and cocaine have been included in the school textbook prescribed by NCERT and a study is going to explore the possibilities of using drones to destroy illicit c
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Amritsar: BSF shoots down drone from Pakistan, recovers 2kg heroin and 100
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Two packets of heroin with 1 kg heroin in each and 100 gm of opium were recovered.
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In Mandsaur, police seize opium worth Rs 6.5 crore being brought from nort
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
65 kilograms of opium worth Rs 6.5 crore being brought from the northeast in a truck were seized in Mandsaur, police said on Sunday.
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CBN seizes 272 kg illicit opium worth Rs 14 crore from inter-state drug ca
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) seized opium worth Rs 14 crore from inter-state drug cartels involved in trafficking illicit Opium from North East India to Rajasthan.
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Shimla Police arrests one person with drugs; recovers 698 gm opium, 98.60
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The accused has been identified as Hum Bahadur. The police have recovered Rs 71,000 cash along with 600 gm opium, 98.60 gm charas from his possession.
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Central Bureau of Narcotics intercepts truck carrying 95 packets Opium wei
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the customs, an Ashok Leyland Trawler (22-Wheeler) at Rajadhok Toll Plaza, Jaipur-Agra Highway, Jaipur (Raj.) was intercepted and is one of the biggest seizures of Opium made by CBN in the recent past.
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Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UN survey
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan - latest findings and emerging threats is the first report on the illicit opium economy since the Taliban, which assumed power in August 2021, banned cultivation of opium poppy and all narcotics in April 2022.
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Book reveals Taliban, Pakistan nexus responsible for global terror financi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A book by NATO has revealed the danger - Pakistan and Taliban nexus pose to the world as a whole, helping and aiding global terror financing through narcotics trafficking.
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Afghan farmers resorting to poppy cultivation for survival
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): Amid severe economic crisis in Afghanistan, millions of destitute Afghan farmers and labourers have turned to the cultivation of opium poppies, the Office of the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a statement.
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China Matters' feature: Dongguan as a forefront of China's opening-up and
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): With less than 40 years' history as a prefecture-level city, Dongguan has witnessed the milestones of China's historical and economic development.
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Inter-state drug cartel busted, opium worth Rs 30 crore seized in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): The Delhi Police, along with a team of Special Cell/Northern Range, busted an interstate drug cartel by arresting its key member on Sunday.
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Punjab: BSF recovers 6.370 kgs of heroin worth 38 cr from Pakistan-based s
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Fazilka (Punjab) [India], September 7 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday foiled a cross-border smuggling bid by Pakistan-based smugglers and seized 370 kgs of heroin worth 38 crores and 190 gms of superior quality opium in the village Muhar Jamsher of Fazilka district in
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