In a crackdown against drug peddlers and manufacturers, Maharashtra Police have arrested five Nigerians under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) and seized around 170 grams of MD.
The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, a specialized unit to check the rising menace of drugs, recovered a huge quantity of heroin worth crores of rupees in Shopian.
The action was taken under Sections 68-E and 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and is linked with three cases registered at two different police stations.
Continuing its action against the drug menace, Baramulla Police have registered 39 cases under the NDPS Act and arrested 62 drug peddlers, including seven hard-core drug peddlers who have been booked under the PIT NDPS, as per an official statement.
Continuing its action against drug peddlers, Baramulla police attached properties worth approx. Rs. 24.00 lakhs belonging to notorious drug peddlers, a resident of Basgran Uri, District Baramulla, said police.
The Baramulla police attached properties worth around Rs 15 lakh belonging to a drug peddler in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday.
In a joint operation, Assam Rifles and police seized around 216 grams of heroin and apprehended a drug peddler in Assam's Cachar district on Tuesday, officials said.