Massive anti-narcotics raids in Kollapur
1 month ago

Massive anti-narcotics raids in Kollapur

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Following excise minister Jupally Krishna Rao’s instructions to crackdown on marijuana cultivators and peddlers in his constituency, excise teams for the first time on Thursday used a trained dog to conduct anti-drugs inspections in Kollapur, Nagarkurnool district. In all, 70 teams, including from the special task force, district task force, local excise forest department officials and police, conducted the operation. Around 4,500 litres of jaggery used in preparing illicitly-distilled liquor and 24 vehicles were seized, along with nine mobile phones. It is reported that the ganja peddlers and suppliers fled the district after they came to know about the special anti-drugs drive," said director of excise and enforcement V.B.

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Excise Cops Storm Kollapur To Curb Drug Menace
1 month ago

Excise Cops Storm Kollapur To Curb Drug Menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Over 70 teams from state excise enforcement, law and order, the special task force, and district task force launched a crackdown in Kollapur, Nagarkurnool district, on Wednesday following tourism minister Jupally Krishna Rao’s complaint about the ganja menace in his constituency. Kamalasan Reddy directed STF teams from city enforcement arrived in Kollapur while DTF and law and order police …

Operation Clean Perumbavoor: 60 Cases filed; cannabis, alcohol seized in massive police raid
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Operation Clean Perumbavoor: 60 Cases filed; cannabis, alcohol seized in massive police raid

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The Ernakulam rural police booked 60 cases, during a massive raid that began on Saturday morning and extended into the early hours of Sunday under the ‘operation clean Perumbavoor’. The suspect who operated the cannabis trade under the guise of vegetable farming, sold the cannabis at Rs 500 per packet to both Malayali youths and migrant workers, said a …

96 drug trafficking cases registered in Kollam in 2024
2 months, 2 weeks ago

96 drug trafficking cases registered in Kollam in 2024

New Indian Express  

KOLLAM: In an effort to dismantle the drug trafficking network in the district, 96 cases were registered across various stations in 2024 under the Kollam city police limits. A total of 151 individuals were arrested, and authorities seized 409.255 gram of MDMA, valued at approximately Rs 5,000 per gram, along with 81.009 kilogram of ganja, worth around Rs 40,000 per …

Ludhiana police: Heroin seized recently was sourced from Pak
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana police: Heroin seized recently was sourced from Pak

Hindustan Times  

Kanwarpal Singh, alias Mintu, of Ashok Nagar, who was arrested for possessing 5-kg heroin on December 26, had sourced the contraband from Pakistan, the police said on Saturday. An investigation by the CIA staff-1 of the Ludhiana police commissionerate revealed that the drug handed over to the accused near the Wagah border. Deputy commissioner of police Shubham Agarwal disclosed that …

Over 1.5 kilo methamphetamine seized; five persons held in Madhavaram, Koyambedu
3 months ago

Over 1.5 kilo methamphetamine seized; five persons held in Madhavaram, Koyambedu

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai City Police on Saturday arrested five persons who allegedly possessed methamphetamine in two different places- Madhavaram and Koyambedu and seized over 1.5 kilo of drug altogether from them. On the orders of the City Police Commissioner A.Arun, police personnel are conducting intensive drive against the synthetic drug- methamphetamine. In pursuant to the drive, a special team of …

Anakapalli: Massive crackdown on illegal activities
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Anakapalli: Massive crackdown on illegal activities

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Anakapalli district police on Saturday conducted a crackdown on a host of illegal activities in the area such as illicit liquor production, sand mining, ganja farming, cockfighting and gambling, among others. Rolugunta police apprehended three individuals involved in ganja smuggling and seized 6kg of ganja, a motorcycle, and three mobile phones at Buchampeta Arch in Rolugunta Mandal. In …

Hyderabad: Police Raid Uncovers Drugs at Night Party: 24 Held
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Hyderabad: Police Raid Uncovers Drugs at Night Party: 24 Held

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a late-night raid on a party at The Cave Club in Khajaguda, law enforcement agencies including the SOT Madhapur, Shamshabad, TGNAB, and the Excise Department, uncovered a significant drug operation. Acting on a tip-off about drug use at the venue, the police took 55 individuals into custody and conducted drug tests. During the operation, police confiscated 24 mobile …

Telangana Excise Department targets illicit liquor after Kallakurichi tragedy in Tamil Nadu
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Excise Department targets illicit liquor after Kallakurichi tragedy in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

After methanol-laced liquor claimed several lives in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi, the Prohibition and Excise Department in Telangana is keeping a tab on methanol manufacturers in the State and is cracking down on illicitly distilled liquor in a few districts. “Though the State does not have methanol-laced alcohol cases yet, districts such as Warangal, Suryapet, Nagarkurnool, Nizamabad and Adilabad are battling …

9,008 kg of ganja worth ₹11 crore seized in Khammam district in last six years
8 months, 3 weeks ago

9,008 kg of ganja worth ₹11 crore seized in Khammam district in last six years

The Hindu  

Khammam Police Commissioner Sunil Dutt on Wednesday called upon youth to play a proactive role in spearheading a vigorous anti-drug awareness campaign as a social movement to combat drug menace. He was speaking before flagging off an awareness rally against drug abuse held in Khammmam to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking here on Wednesday. Mr. …

Karnataka steps up vigil in villages along TN border
9 months ago

Karnataka steps up vigil in villages along TN border

New Indian Express  

MYSURU: With the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy still fresh in the minds of people, the Karnataka Excise Department has swung into action, conducting surprise raids along the state’s border with Tamil Nadu. The Karnataka Excise Department raided some houses in a few villages in the state along the Tamil Nadu border on suspicion that a few residents were manufacturing spurious liquor. …

254 arrested, ₹15.71L seized during anti-drug drive in Punjab
9 months ago

254 arrested, ₹15.71L seized during anti-drug drive in Punjab

Hindustan Times  

As many as 254 persons were arrested and ₹15.71 lakh drug money was seized during a cordon-and-search operation that was taken up between 8 am and 2 pm across all 28 police districts of the state on Friday. As much as 2.6-kg heroin, ₹ 15.71 lakh drug money, 83-kg poppy husk, 2.6-kg ganja, 550-gm opium, 7,553 intoxicating tablets and a …

Drug seizures: Four held in three different cases in Telangana
11 months, 1 week ago

Drug seizures: Four held in three different cases in Telangana

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: In three separate operations, the sleuths of Rachakonda Special Operations Team seized 1.5 kg of opium, 26 g of heroin and 5 kg of poppy straw in the city. The police apprehended four drug peddlers, hailing from Bihar and Rajasthan, and also detained three consumers. In the first case, the Maheshwaram Zone SOT along with Balapur police apprehended two …

Crackdown on Illicit Activities in Nandyal District
1 year, 2 months ago

Crackdown on Illicit Activities in Nandyal District

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: In a coordinated raid, police and excise officials arrested 13 individuals involved in the production, transport, and sale of illicit liquor across Nandyal district on Saturday. Another raid near Sirivella police station netted a suspect illegally transporting 160 bags of PDS rice, which were subsequently confiscated. Meanwhile, a gambling den near Mahanandi police station was busted, leading to the …

Hyderabad: 4 drug peddlers held, Rs 84L worth ganja seized
1 year, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: 4 drug peddlers held, Rs 84L worth ganja seized

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Special teams of Nalgonda Police arrested four inter-state ganja peddlers and seized 336 kg of the contraband, worth '84 lakh in the black market, at the AP-TS border checkpost in Nagarjunasagar on Monday. Nalagonda SP Chandana Deepti said, “Based on a a tip-off, our teams intercepted the DCM van transporting the contraband from Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra.” The arrested …

Hyderabad Fights Drugs; Awareness Drive & Ganja Seizure
1 year, 7 months ago

Hyderabad Fights Drugs; Awareness Drive & Ganja Seizure

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: South zone DCP P. Sai Chaitanya on Tuesday organised an awareness programme against narcotic drugs near the historic Charminar monument, urging citizens to actively combat addiction. Search Intensifies for Missing 15-Year-Old Student; Mental Health Concerns Raised Hyderabad: A 15-year-old Class IX student went missing from her house Tilaknagar at about 4 pm on August 13, Kacheguda police said. Body …

11 ganja suppliers, peddlers held in YSR Kadapa district
1 year, 10 months ago

11 ganja suppliers, peddlers held in YSR Kadapa district

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Special police teams of YSR Kadapa district arrested 11 cannabis suppliers and peddlers and seized 22.3 kg of the narcotic from them. Anburajan told media on Tuesday that on a tip-off, special teams conducted raids at different places within the Two Town police station limits. Police have identified the accused as Pathan Afzal Khan, Panyam Ashok Kumar, Poola Rajesh, …

Four drug peddlers held, 12 gm heroin seized
2 years, 3 months ago

Four drug peddlers held, 12 gm heroin seized

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a combined operation conducted by Special Operations Team LB Nagar Zone along with Saroornagar police, four inter-state synthetic narcotic drug peddlers were nabbed and 12 grams of heroin and other items worth Rs 1.50 lakh were seized from their possession. During interrogation, the accused confessed that to earn additional margin money they diluted pure form of heroin with …

Drugs, liquor seized from different parts of Kerala
2 years, 5 months ago

Drugs, liquor seized from different parts of Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

Palakkad/Kottayam/Thrissur: A large quantity of ganja and liquor were seized from different parts of Kerala on Sunday morning by the police in the wake of massive 'No to Drugs' campaign launched by the state government recently. A team from Thalayolaparambu police station in Kottayam district arrested two persons early in the morning allegedly with a huge quantity of ganja, an …

Hyderabad: Police bust inter-state drug racket; three held with 256 kg ganja
3 years, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: Police bust inter-state drug racket; three held with 256 kg ganja

India Today  

In a major haul, the Madhapur police busted an inter-state drug racket and arrested three drug peddlers and seized 256 kg of marijuana. All the drug smugglers were arrested near Hi-Tec railway station on Monday when police officers intercepted a truck and seized 256 kg ganja from the vehicle. Accused arrested Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted the truck on …

Narcotic Bust: Two people arrested with 661 kg of marijuana in Delhi
3 years, 5 months ago

Narcotic Bust: Two people arrested with 661 kg of marijuana in Delhi

India Today  

In the Narco trafficking cartel, involving Naxal interests, the Narcotics squad arrested 2 persons and recovered 661 kg of fine quality marijuana. The Delhi Police have arrested two people named Rafique Khan and Raj Kishore, along with the truck used for transportation of the recovered illegal marijuana. On interrogation, the peddlers revealed their identities and it was found that the …

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