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Racket involved in smuggling narcotics in ambulance busted: Punjab Police

Punjab Police on Sunday claimed to have busted an inter-state racket with the arrest of three persons involved in smuggling of opium in an ambulance. Police seized eight kg of opium from an ambulance on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway on Saturday, said Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Vivek Sheel Soni, while addressing the media here. The accused had used the ambulance 10-12 times for smuggling narcotics in the past, he said. But their fresh attempt to smuggle opium by the same means was foiled by the Punjab police on Saturday, when a team posted near Dappar village stopped an ambulance coming from Ambala side. The police found two persons inside the vehicle, one posing as a patient, lying on a stretcher-like seat, and another sitting by him. The third one was driving the vehicle. When it checked, police did not find any member of a medical team or oxygen cylinder, or even the first-aid kit in the vehicle, which stoked their suspicion. They took to doing a thorough checking o

India, US sign agreement in field of narcotics control, law enforcement op

India and the United States have signed an Amended Letter of Agreement (ALOA) in the field of narcotics control and law enforcement cooperation, the US State Department said on Friday

Shaheen Bagh drugs bust: NCB arrests 1 more person; total 5 caught till now

All the accused have been arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act

CAIT seeks probe against Flipkart on purported role in narcotics trade

The seized drugs were kept in backpacks and jute bags and were wrapped in packets of e-commerce major Flipkart and other companies, according to reports

Drugs case: SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia remanded to judicial custody

The pre-arrest bail plea of Majithia, who was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on Dec 20 last year, was dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Jan 24

Punjab: SAD leader Majithia surrenders before trial court in Mohali

Facing charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia applied for regular bail and the trial court started arguments over his plea

NCB enhances usage of rarely invoked law to detain drug traffickers

The NCB has issued an all time high of 18 orders in the last about three months under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PITNDPS) act

Threat of narco-terrorism rise after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

India has been facing the menace of narco-terrorism since several years now. This nexus between narcotics and terrorism has serious repercussions for India's security

Heroin worth Rs 400 cr seized from Pak boat off Gujarat coast; 6 held

A Pakistani fishing boat with six crew members and carrying 77 kg of heroin worth around Rs 400 crore was apprehended in the Indian waters off the Gujarat coast, officials said on Monday. The drug seizure was made on Sunday night in a joint operation by the Indian Coast Guard and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), they said. Gujarat's defence PRO in a tweet said the Coast Guard in a joint operation with the state ATS apprehended the Pakistani fishing boat 'Al Huseini' with six crew members on board in the Indian waters. They seized "77 kg of heroin worth approximately Rs 400 crore," the tweet said. The boat was brought to the Jakhau coast in Kutch district of Gujarat for further investigation, it stated. In April this year, the Coast Guard and the ATS had carried out a similar operation and apprehended a boat with eight Pakistani nationals and carrying 30 kg of heroin worth about Rs 150 crore, from the Indian waters near the Jakhau coast in Kutch. Last month, the ATS had sei

Lok Sabha passes Bill to correct certain 'clerical error' in NDPS Act

The NDPS (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed by a voice vote and some amendments moved by opposition members were rejected

NCB wants to take over 'top five' drug cases from Maha police: Nawab Malik

The Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) letter to the ANC attributed the decision to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he claimed in a video shared on social media

Ensure adequate publicity for narcotics destruction, says FM Sitharaman

"She said adequate publicity should be given for destruction of narcotics," the official statement quoted the finance minister as saying

BS Number Wise: India's drug chase could be on the wrong trail

Country has more cases registered for personal drug use than murder; it is cracking down on cannabis when opioids appear to be the bigger problem

Heroin haul: Gujarat ATS arrests another accused from Devbhumi Dwarka

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad Thursday said it has arrested one more accused in connection with the seizure of heroin worth Rs 120 crore from Navadra village in the state's Devbhumi Dwarka district

CAIT to hold nationwide protests tomorrow over narcotics sale online

CAIT will hold protests on November 17 in around 1000 cities across the nation over the drug peddling gang using e-commerce sites to supply marijuana

The politics of illegal drugs and legal highs

It would make sense for the law to be rewritten to allow recreational and medical use. The drug could then be taxed

The opium connection

A readable account reprises a history that India has forgotten but China has not

Cruise drugs case: Aryan Khan asked to execute bond of Rs one lakh for bail

This would help Aryan Khan's advocates to secure his release from the Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai, where he is lodged, by evening

Bombay High Court grants bail to Aryan Khan, 2 others in cruise drugs case

Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 3

NCB being used to 'defame, harass' people: Maha minister Jayant Patil

He said state minister Nawab Malik has made certain claims (against NCB officials) which can be substantiated with documents