Pak-based terror groups linked to drugs seized at Mudra: NIA
3 years ago

Pak-based terror groups linked to drugs seized at Mudra: NIA

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency on Monday filed a chargesheet against 16 persons in the ₹21,000 crore Mundra drug haul case, saying the huge quantity of Afghan heroin seized was being smuggled to India at the behest of Pakistan-based terror outfits so that the money generated through it could be used for anti-India activities. At least six accused, including key Afghan players Najibullah Khan Khalid and Muhammad Hussain Dad, Iranian national Javad Najafi are absconding. Eleven Afghan nationals, one Iranian citizen and four Indians including Chennai couple Machavaram Sudhakar and Govindaraju Durga Purna Vaishali have been named as accused in the case under terror and illegal drug smuggling charges At least six accused, including key Afghan players Najibullah Khan Khalid and Muhammad Hussain Dad, Iranian national Javad Najafi are absconding. A statement issued by the NIA on Monday said: “During investigation, it was established that the smuggling of narcotics into India was carried out earlier as well by the same set of accused persons.” “Hussain Dad and Mohammad Hasan Dad of M/s Hasan Hussain Ltd, Kandahar, Afghanistan and accused M Sudhakar, DP Vaishali and Rajkumar Perumal of M/s Aashi Trading Company, along with others, had entered into criminal conspiracy to smuggle huge quantity of narcotics to India by concealing them in consignments of semi processed talc,” NIA said. It further said: “The consignment sent in September, 2021, was intercepted whereas earlier consignments were received and stored in a warehouse in Delhi for further distribution in Delhi and Punjab.” It said links of the accused Mohammad Hasan Hussain Dad and Mohammad Hasan Dad and other co-conspirators have also emerged with proscribed terror organisations based in Pakistan.

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11 held, ₹5 crore recovered as Punjab Police busts narco-terror hawala network
6 days, 3 hours ago

11 held, ₹5 crore recovered as Punjab Police busts narco-terror hawala network

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh, Anti-Narcotic Task Force of the Punjab Police with the support of the central agencies has arrested 11 people and recovered foreign currencies amounting to ₹5.09 crore, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said here on Monday. DGP Yadav said the development came following two months of meticulous investigations and sustained follow-up of backward and forward linkages in the arrest …

Punjab Police Busts Drug and Hawala Racket, Five Arrested
1 week, 3 days ago

Punjab Police Busts Drug and Hawala Racket, Five Arrested

Deccan Chronicle  

Punjab Police has dismantled a drugs and hawala racket with the arrest of five persons after a brief exchange of fire, and seized illegal weapons, narcotics and cash from their possession. "In a decisive action against drug financing, @TarnTaranPolice dismantles a drug and hawala syndicate, leading to the arrest of five persons and the recovery of illegal weapons, narcotics, and …

₹11,311-cr drugs seized from ports in 5 yrs: Govt
1 week, 4 days ago

₹11,311-cr drugs seized from ports in 5 yrs: Govt

Hindustan Times  

Drugs worth over ₹11,311 crore were seized from seaports across the country in 19 different drugs busts over the past five years, the ministry of home affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. “The seizures at major ports is the result of the effective measures taken in the field of controlling drug trafficking and highlight the successful coordination between State …

Punjab: Cross-border drug cartel busted, man held with 8kg heroin, pistol
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1 week, 4 days ago

Punjab: Cross-border drug cartel busted, man held with 8kg heroin, pistol

Hindustan Times  

AMRITSAR : The commissionerate police, Amritsar, on Tuesday busted a cross-border drug cartel with the arrest of a person and recovery of 8.08 kg of heroin, a.30-bore pistol and five cartridges from his possession. The commissionerate police, Amritsar, on Tuesday busted a cross-border drug cartel with the arrest of a person and recovery of 8.08 kg of heroin, a.30-bore pistol …

Punjab Police busts major heroin smuggling racket linked to USA-based kingpin
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Punjab Police busts major heroin smuggling racket linked to USA-based kingpin

New Indian Express  

CHANDIGARH: In a major blow to trans-border smuggling amidst the ongoing ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ campaign, Punjab Police today seized a 23 kg heroin consignment from Devi Daspura village in Jandiala, near Amritsar. Director General of Police, Punjab, Gaurav Yadav, stated that preliminary investigations have revealed the consignment is linked to a smuggling network operated by USA-based smuggler Jasmit Singh, alias …

Amritsar, Punjab: 30-kg heroin seized from cross-border smuggling racket, Pakistan-based smugglers used drones
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amritsar, Punjab: 30-kg heroin seized from cross-border smuggling racket, Pakistan-based smugglers used drones

Op India  

In one of the biggest heroin seizures of this year in Punjab, Amritsar Rural Police has busted a cross-border smuggling racket with the arrest of a drug smuggler and recovered 30 kg heroin from his possession, said State Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav here on Friday. DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested accused, Gursimranjit Singh, was involved in …

Breaking News: India and US Unite to Combat Terrorism, Crime Syndicates, and Human Trafficking
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Breaking News: India and US Unite to Combat Terrorism, Crime Syndicates, and Human Trafficking

ABP News  

The recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump has led to significant discussions on global security, including combating radical Islamic terrorism and curbing the rising threats from international crime syndicates. One of the key issues raised was the escalating problem of human trafficking and narcoterrorism, with both leaders agreeing to work together to tackle these …

DGP holds meeting to combat drug trafficking
1 month, 4 weeks ago

DGP holds meeting to combat drug trafficking

The Hindu  

Director-General of Police Shankar Jiwal on Friday held a meeting with State police officers and Central drug law enforcement agencies to discuss strategies to intensify the fight against drug trafficking and substance abuse. Moreover, the illicit drug market in Sri Lanka had a consistent demand for cannabis, which was met by smuggling from south India. Mr. Jiwal expressed concerns over …

2020 narco-terror case: National Investigation Agency chargesheets one more accused
2 months, 3 weeks ago

2020 narco-terror case: National Investigation Agency chargesheets one more accused

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency on Friday chargesheeted one more accused in a 2020 narco-terrorism case relating to seizure of 17 kgs of heroin along with cash in Jammu and Kashmir. NIA, which had taken over the case in June 2020, said during investigation it was found that accused Syed Saleem Jahangir Andrabi @ Saleem Andrabi was part of a deep-rooted …

Narcoterrorism challenge to India’s national security
6 months ago

Narcoterrorism challenge to India’s national security

Hindustan Times  

Narcoterrorism—or the trafficking of illicit drugs by terrorist and insurgent groups—has long threatened India’s national security. Security agencies are attempting to address this challenge, which involves various groups like Khalistani terrorist organisations, Kashmir’s separatist militants, and insurgent groups in the northeast; their efforts have achieved mixed results. This brief examines recent trends in drug trafficking and narcoterrorism and their impact …

Narcoterrorism challenge to India’s national security
6 months ago

Narcoterrorism challenge to India’s national security

Hindustan Times  

Narcoterrorism—or the trafficking of illicit drugs by terrorist and insurgent groups—has long threatened India’s national security. Security agencies are attempting to address this challenge, which involves various groups like Khalistani terrorist organisations, Kashmir’s separatist militants, and insurgent groups in the northeast; their efforts have achieved mixed results. This brief examines recent trends in drug trafficking and narcoterrorism and their impact …

NIA arrests key absconding accused in J-K narco-terror case linking LeT, Hizbul
8 months, 3 weeks ago

NIA arrests key absconding accused in J-K narco-terror case linking LeT, Hizbul

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency on Sunday arrested a key absconding accused, carrying a reward for his arrest, in a narco-terror nexus case of Jammu and Kashmir, linked with Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen. NIA said that the arrested accused Syed Saleem Jahangir Andrabi alias Saleem Andrabi, a resident of district Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir, …

Punjab Police bust international drug syndicate
11 months ago

Punjab Police bust international drug syndicate

The Hindu  

The Punjab Police on April 29 said they had busted an international drug syndicate with the arrest of three of its members, after recovering 48 kg of heroin and ₹21 lakh drug money from their possession, making this the biggest heroin seizure so far in 2024. Punjab’s Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said the arrested have been identified as …

Jammu and Kashmir: NIA attaches property, seizes Rs 2.27 crore in Handwara in narco-terror funding case
1 year, 1 month ago

Jammu and Kashmir: NIA attaches property, seizes Rs 2.27 crore in Handwara in narco-terror funding case

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir news: In a major step towards dismantling the funding networks that are fuelling terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency has attached four properties. They have also seized cash in the Handwara narco-terrorism case, involving two proscribed terrorist outfits- Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen. The properties belonging to four accused have been attached in tehsil Handwara …

Accused in ₹21,000 crore Mundra port drugs case escapes from police custody
1 year, 1 month ago

Accused in ₹21,000 crore Mundra port drugs case escapes from police custody

Hindustan Times  

Amritsar: Jobanjit Singh Sandhu, one of the accused in the Mundra port drugs haul case, has escaped from the police's custody in Punjab. He gave the police a slip after he was taken from Kutch to Amritsar to be produced in a court in connection with a separate case. Initial probe into the seizure of the largest ever single cache …

Punjab-origin woman, husband convicted in UK of smuggling 500kg cocaine to Australia
1 year, 1 month ago

Punjab-origin woman, husband convicted in UK of smuggling 500kg cocaine to Australia

Hindustan Times  

London : An Indian-origin couple in the UK, whose extradition was sought by India, has been convicted of exporting more than half-a-tonne of cocaine to Australia after an investigation found that they were behind a front company that had sent the drugs by plane under a cover load of metal toolboxes. An Indian-origin couple in the UK, whose extradition was …

NIA arrests four accused from Tripura in Indo-Bangladesh border human trafficking case
1 year, 3 months ago

NIA arrests four accused from Tripura in Indo-Bangladesh border human trafficking case

India TV News  

New Delhi: Continuing with its crackdown on human traffickers at the Indo-Bangladesh border, the National Investigation Agency on Friday arrested four more accused involved in illegal infiltration into India via Tripura. Earlier, on November 8, the NIA arrested 29 key operatives following nationwide raids on human trafficking syndicates involved in the case. The official said investigations have further revealed that …

Attari border drug haul case: NIA arrests key absconding accused while trying to flee Dubai
1 year, 3 months ago

Attari border drug haul case: NIA arrests key absconding accused while trying to flee Dubai

India TV News  

Attari border drug haul case: The National Investigation Agency on Saturday said that a key absconding accused has been arrested in connection with the Attari border heroin seizure case involving the smuggling of over 102 kgs of narcotics from Afghanistan via the India-Pak border in April 2022. His role in the conspiracy relating to the international drug nexus came to …

Narco-terror funding case: Jammu SIA arrests ISI-backed cartel in Baramulla
1 year, 6 months ago

Narco-terror funding case: Jammu SIA arrests ISI-backed cartel in Baramulla

India TV News  

Narco-terror funding case: State Investigation Agency, Jammu, arrested a key accused in a narcotics smuggling module backed by Pakistan from the border township of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Saturday. Sharief Chechi, Mohd Rafiq Najar, Farooq Ahmad Naikoo operating from Dubai, and others are infusing narcotics into the Indian territory to generate terror funds, to fuel …

Court orders attachment of property linked to Khalistan Liberation Force’s “narco-terror” module accused
1 year, 6 months ago

Court orders attachment of property linked to Khalistan Liberation Force’s “narco-terror” module accused

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency has secured a court order for the attachment of a property belonging to Varinder Singh Chahal, who is accused of being part of a narco-terror network of international drugs smugglers and the Khalistan Liberation Force. Narco-terror network The agency found that Mr. Chahal was allegedly a close associate of an international Dubai-based drug smuggler and money …

NIA attaches two properties of ‘notorious’ drug trafficker
1 year, 8 months ago

NIA attaches two properties of ‘notorious’ drug trafficker

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency has attached two properties of a notorious drug trafficker in connection with the seizure of about 103 kg of heroin smuggled from Afghanistan via the Attari border in Punjab’s Amritsar last year. The accused has been identified as Razi Haider Zaidi, whose residential plot measuring 121.35 sq metres in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, and a residential two-storey …

NIA attaches properties of man who smuggled drugs via Attari border
1 year, 8 months ago

NIA attaches properties of man who smuggled drugs via Attari border

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency has attached two properties of a notorious heroin smuggler in Delhi and Muzzafarnagar in connection with a probe related to smuggling of Afghan heroin via Attari border in Amritsar. NIA investigations revealed that the accused Razi Haider Zaidi was the receiver of this consignment of licorice roots in which heroin was concealed,” the agency said. The …

Dawood Ibrahim's aide Haji Salim trying to revive LTTE with the support of a massive Drug Network
1 year, 9 months ago

Dawood Ibrahim's aide Haji Salim trying to revive LTTE with the support of a massive Drug Network

Op India  

On the 15th of June, the National Investigation Agency filed a charge sheet against 13 suspects for trying to revive LTTE, out of which 10 were reportedly Sri Lankan nationals and three others were Indian nationals. As per media reports, experts reveal that Indian agencies have discovered that a Karachi-based gangster Haji Salim, an aide of notorious terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, …

Pakistan-based gangster Haji Salim, connected to Dawood, plotting LTTE revival
1 year, 9 months ago

Pakistan-based gangster Haji Salim, connected to Dawood, plotting LTTE revival

Live Mint  

Indian agencies have discovered a connection between Haji Salim, a gangster based in Karachi, and the notorious underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim. As per a report by Hindustan Times, operating as the mastermind behind a lucrative narcotics network spanning Pakistan and the Indian Ocean, Salim is frequently spotted at Dawood's residence on Clifton Road in Karachi. The Narcotics Control Bureau, the …

NIA raids over 100 places in six states in cases of nexus among terrorists, narcotics smugglers, gangsters
1 year, 10 months ago

NIA raids over 100 places in six states in cases of nexus among terrorists, narcotics smugglers, gangsters

Firstpost  

In a major crackdown, the National Investigation Agency is carrying out raids at over 100 places across six states – Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand – in connection with cases related to narco-terror-gangster nexus, officials said. Last year, the agency registered three cases following information suggesting that terrorist outfits and their sympathisers abroad were operating as …

NCB DDG Operations BIG revelation on Pak drug mafia and links with ISI, Dawood Ibrahim
1 year, 10 months ago

NCB DDG Operations BIG revelation on Pak drug mafia and links with ISI, Dawood Ibrahim

India TV News  

Narcotics Control Bureau DDG Operations' Sanjay Singh has made big revelations on one of the biggest drug mafia's of Pakistan. In an exclusive conversation with India TV, DDG Sanjay Singh revealed that Haji Salim, one of the biggest drug mafia in Pakistan, has close links with Pakistan's ISI and India's most wanted Dawood Ibrahim. Haji Salim has close connections with …

Major NIA crackdown on nexus between gangsters, terrorists, drug mafia
2 years, 1 month ago

Major NIA crackdown on nexus between gangsters, terrorists, drug mafia

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a major crackdown on the nexus between gangsters, terrorist groups and drug-smugglers based in foreign countries including Pakistan and Canada, the NIA conducted raids at 76 locations across eight states on Tuesday and seized a large cache of arms and ammunition and cash to tune of Rs 1.5 crores. Iinvestigation shows that conspiracies for several such crimes …

NCB widens probe into Punjab drug syndicate with international links
2 years, 2 months ago

NCB widens probe into Punjab drug syndicate with international links

The Hindu  

The arrest of 16 alleged members of an international drug syndicate has helped the Narcotics Control Bureau to unearth an intricate nexus between the Pakistan-based masterminds, drug manufacturers in Afghanistan, traffickers, local smugglers, gangsters and white-collar criminals. The NCB investigation has revealed that Pakistan-based masterminds arrange for the transportation of “crude heroin” from Afghanistan, either using the legal trade routes …

NCB-led Op unearths international drug trafficking syndicate in Punjab, 16 alleged members arrested
2 years, 2 months ago

NCB-led Op unearths international drug trafficking syndicate in Punjab, 16 alleged members arrested

The Hindu  

An international drug trafficking syndicate has been unearthed with the arrest of 16 alleged members and seizure of over 34 kg of heroin and other narcotic substances during an operation spearheaded by the Narcotics Control Bureau. The breakthrough came after the NCB’s Chandigarh unit seized 20.33 kg of heroin from the possession of one Sandeep Singh in November last year. …

Drug inflow to Hyderabad city continues unabated
2 years, 3 months ago

Drug inflow to Hyderabad city continues unabated

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The drug mafia has strengthened its hold on Hyderabad, which is fast turning into a popular hub of development and real estate, with the influx of people from all parts of the country, the police said. While gangs of Nigerians have been arrested in the past for trading cocaine, heroin and other synthetic drugs, the police said that bulk …

International drug trade | Haul of shame
2 years, 4 months ago

International drug trade | Haul of shame

India Today  

A year after India saw its biggest heroin haul—3,000 kgs at Gujarat’s Mundra port in September 2021—the channels through which international drug racketeers sneak the contraband into India on its western coast remain active. This, even as the National Investigation Agency has filed a chargesheet against 16 people, including six Afghan nationals and one Iranian, in the Mundra case. In …

NIA raids over 50 locations in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, other states in probe against terrorist-gangster nexus
2 years, 5 months ago

NIA raids over 50 locations in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, other states in probe against terrorist-gangster nexus

India TV News  

Highlights Raids were conducted at more than 50 locations in north India The raids were aimed to dismantle and disrupt the emerging nexus between terrorists, gangsters Some of the associates of gangsters, involved in illegal liquor supply mafia, were also targeted The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday conducted searches at over 50 locations in Punjab, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan and Delhi-NCR …

Pakistan-based network's role emerges in 200kg heroin seizure on the high seas
2 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan-based network's role emerges in 200kg heroin seizure on the high seas

Hindustan Times  

Among the series of high-profile drug busts by security agencies in India, the recent seizure of 200kg of 'high-quality heroin' by the Indian Navy stands out for its signature link to Pakistan-based networks. Indian intelligence agencies have been closely monitoring the activities of the Pakistan-based transnational narcotics trafficking syndicate 'Haji Sali' drug syndicate. According to sources, intelligence agencies had received …

On the PFI Money Trail: Funding machinery of the banned group is diverse and insidiously organised
2 years, 6 months ago

On the PFI Money Trail: Funding machinery of the banned group is diverse and insidiously organised

Firstpost  

The Popular Front of India has been alleged to be involved in cases relating to terror activities, terror funding, terror training and radicalisation of vulnerable persons New Delhi: The infamous Popular Front of India was banned by the Centre on Wednesday, along with eight of its affiliates or fronts. The ban came after two rounds of sweeping raids on PFI …

6 Pakistani Nationals Held with Drugs Worth Rs 200 Crore off Gujarat Coast
2 years, 6 months ago

6 Pakistani Nationals Held with Drugs Worth Rs 200 Crore off Gujarat Coast

News 18  

The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard seized 40 kg heroin worth Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast on Wednesday, a senior ATS official said. The fishing boat carrying drugs was intercepted mid-sea by a joint team of the Coast Guard and ATS …

In new charge sheet, NIA names 9, including 4 Afghans, in Mundra drug haul case
2 years, 7 months ago

In new charge sheet, NIA names 9, including 4 Afghans, in Mundra drug haul case

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Monday filed a supplementary charge sheet against nine people including four Afghan nationals in the 3,000 kg heroin drug haul worth ₹21,000 crore at Mundra port, which was smuggled to India at the behest of Pakistan based terror groups, people familiar with the development said. Those charge sheeted include four accused from Afghanistan …

Anti-Drug Investigations Across Agencies Have One Common Thread – Punjab
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-Drug Investigations Across Agencies Have One Common Thread – Punjab

News 18  

Recent drug-related investigations of agencies like the National Investigation Agency, Narcotics Control Bureau, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Customs and other state agencies share one common link – Punjab. Similarly, in another big seizure, the Customs department in Punjab this week caught 102-kg heroin consignment worth Rs 700 crore. The NIA investigation into the seizure of 3,000 kg heroin worth Rs …

A High for Afghan Drug Syndicate Crackdown: 34 Kg Heroin Recovered from Muzaffarnagar
2 years, 11 months ago

A High for Afghan Drug Syndicate Crackdown: 34 Kg Heroin Recovered from Muzaffarnagar

News 18  

A day after CNN-News18 exposed the blueprint of drug smuggling sleeper cells in India and the Pakistan-Afghanistan link, two peddlers, both residents of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, were caught in Delhi with heroin worth 1 kg brought in with the help of mules from Afghanistan, according to sources. #Breaking | 34 Kg of Heroin gets seized in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar …

Here’s How Pak Smuggles Drugs into India through Sleeper Cells
2 years, 11 months ago

Here’s How Pak Smuggles Drugs into India through Sleeper Cells

News 18  

Pakistan is using its links to create drug sleeper cells and smuggle drugs into India in talc consignments, according to a note from the Indian intelligence agencies accessed by CNN-News18. HOW IT WORKS Smuggling of drugs is a well-oiled system which is run and funded from Afghanistan and its distribution network is handled by Pakistan-based sleeper cells in India, said …

Afghan national held in Mundra Port drugs seizure case
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghan national held in Mundra Port drugs seizure case

India Today  

The NIA has arrested an Afghan national in connection with the seizure of 2,988kg of heroin at Mundra port in Gujarat, an official said on Tuesday. The National Investigation Agency had registered a case under sections of the Unlawful Activities Act, the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substance Act and the Indian Penal Code over seizure of 2,988.21 kilograms of narcotics …

NIA-Wanted NSCN(IM) Leader Nabbed in Assam with Drugs; Reveals Nexus Between Smugglers and NE's Insurgent Groups
3 years, 5 months ago

NIA-Wanted NSCN(IM) Leader Nabbed in Assam with Drugs; Reveals Nexus Between Smugglers and NE's Insurgent Groups

News 18  

After Assam police arrested a Naga insurgent in Nagaon district of middle Assam, they made the connection between an insurgent group of Northeast India and the smuggling of drugs in Assam. On Tuesday, Nagaon police caught a bullet injured Naga insurgent, RK Hopingson, during a face-off with a gang of drug smugglers and also recovered nearly two core rupees worth …

NIA takes over ₹21,000 crore Mundra drugs haul case as narco-terror link emerges
3 years, 5 months ago

NIA takes over ₹21,000 crore Mundra drugs haul case as narco-terror link emerges

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday took over probe into the recovery of around 3,000 kg Afghan heroin worth ₹21,000 crore in the international market with clear international narco-terrorism linkages emerging in the seizure, people familiar with the matter said. The consignment was intercepted by the Directorate of Revenue and Intelligence on September 14 and 15 on the basis of …

NCB Looking at 'Bollywood Connection, Larger Nexus of Narcotics' After Mumbai Drug Bust: SN Pradhan
3 years, 5 months ago

NCB Looking at 'Bollywood Connection, Larger Nexus of Narcotics' After Mumbai Drug Bust: SN Pradhan

News 18  

The NCB is looking at a ‘Bollywood connection’ and a larger nexus of narcotics after nabbing eight youngsters, including Aryan Khan, the son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, from a cruise ship in Mumbai on charges of drugs usage and trafficking, agency chief S N Pradhan said on Sunday. He said the anti-narcotics agency has widened its probe and summoned …

Mundra Port drug seizure: Drug smugglers’ modus operandi revealed, Pakistani smugglers’ involvement suspected
3 years, 6 months ago

Mundra Port drug seizure: Drug smugglers’ modus operandi revealed, Pakistani smugglers’ involvement suspected

Op India  

Revelations in the the 3,000 kg drug seizure from Mundra Port in Gujarat suggest that Pakistani nationals may be involved in the smuggling racket. As reported by New18 Gujarati, the Pakistani drug smugglers would send the drugs to Iran where the further transactions are carried out at the Konarak port in Iran. As per R K Rajput, PI, ATS, the …

Why has Gujarat become preferred route for drug smuggling: Congress
3 years, 6 months ago

Why has Gujarat become preferred route for drug smuggling: Congress

The Hindu  

Days after the biggest seizure of drugs at a private port in Gujarat, the Congress on Tuesday asked why the State has become a preferred route for smugglers of narcotics. Mr. Khera said a Coast Guard vessel had been seized with approximately 1,500 kg heroin in July 2017; five Pakistani nationals were caught in January 2020 mid-sea while trying to …

Pakistan-Taliban Drug Nexus? Dispatched from Kandahar, 'Talc' Worth Rs 21,000 Cr Seized in Gujarat
3 years, 6 months ago

Pakistan-Taliban Drug Nexus? Dispatched from Kandahar, 'Talc' Worth Rs 21,000 Cr Seized in Gujarat

News 18  

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized two containers at Gujarat’s Mundra Port last week with drugs worth Rs 21,000 crore. It’s difficult to assess total cost right now but this is almost 3000 Kgs and total cost can be around 21,000 crore,” said sources. It reads, specific intelligence was developed by DRI that a consignment imported by M/s Aashi Trading …

Interstate drug cartel busted in Delhi, heroin worth Rs 48 crore recovered
3 years, 7 months ago

Interstate drug cartel busted in Delhi, heroin worth Rs 48 crore recovered

India Today  

The Delhi Police special cell has busted an interstate narcotic drug cartel with arrest of its four key players. DRUG CARTEL IN INDIA Special Cell in its continuous crusade against drug suppliers had busted many narcotic drug cartels in the past by arresting several drug suppliers and by recovering huge consignments of high-grade heroin. Abdur Razzak along with his associate …

Bareilly cousins Sajid-Wajid arrested for drug trafficking in Delhi, heroin worth Rs 2 crore seized
3 years, 8 months ago

Bareilly cousins Sajid-Wajid arrested for drug trafficking in Delhi, heroin worth Rs 2 crore seized

India Today  

The Narcotics Cell of the Delhi Crime Branch busted a clandestine heroin supply chain active in Ghazipur in Delhi and Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh after arresting two Bareilly-based cousins Sajid and Wajid Khan on July 13. The Narcotics Cell team recovered one kilogram of heroin worth Rs 2 crore from the two drug suppliers’ possession. On July 13, the Narcotics …

Major drug trafficking racket busted, 8 Pakistan nationals held with heroin worth Rs 150 cr off Gujarat coast
3 years, 11 months ago

Major drug trafficking racket busted, 8 Pakistan nationals held with heroin worth Rs 150 cr off Gujarat coast

India TV News  

Eight Pakistani nationals onboard a boat were apprehended with heroin worth around Rs 150 crore off the Gujarat coast in the Arabian Sea early Thursday morning, the state ATS said. Based on a specific tip-off, a joint team of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad and the Indian Coast Guard caught the boat, in an operation carried out near the Jakhau port …

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