1,300 kg drugs recovered during 'Operation Dhwast' across Haryana
1 year, 6 months ago

1,300 kg drugs recovered during 'Operation Dhwast' across Haryana

India TV News  

Haryana : Around 1,300 kilograms of drugs were recovered during a 15-day-long police operation against drug traffickers, said Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday. 'Operation Dhwast' was launched by Haryana police on June 1 and continued till June 15 during which 354 people were also arrested. Giving details of the recovery, Vij said 6.28 kg heroin, 0.0088 kg morphine, 15.75 kg opium, 793.35 kg poppy husk, 8.1 kg poppy plants, 22.087 kg charas, 409.90 kg ganja and some other drugs were recovered. During the police operation, the maximum quantity of heroin was recovered from Gurugram, opium from Jhajjar, poppy husk from Sirsa, smack from Rohtak and ganja from Nuh, said Vij.

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Over 500 gm of heroin, 7 kg of ganja seized, 91 arrested in Arunachal's Naharlagun in 2024

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India TV News  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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India Today  

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ABP News  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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7 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on 'disappearance' of 70,000-kg heroin worth Rs 5 lakh crore from seizure records
8 months ago

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New Indian Express  

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8 months, 1 week ago

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Hindustan Times  

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

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New Indian Express  

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10 months ago

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New Indian Express  

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Gujarat: Indian Navy seizes 3300 kg of drugs in Porbandar, 5 arrested
10 months, 1 week ago

Gujarat: Indian Navy seizes 3300 kg of drugs in Porbandar, 5 arrested

Live Mint  

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Madhya Pradesh: 3,800 kg ganja worth Rs 5.8 crore destroyed by CGST, Excise officials in Dhar
10 months, 2 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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One arrested in Assam with 4.7kg heroin worth ₹24 crore: Police
10 months, 2 weeks ago

One arrested in Assam with 4.7kg heroin worth ₹24 crore: Police

Hindustan Times  

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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11 months, 1 week ago

Mizoram: Heroin worth Rs 30 crore seized at India-Myanmar border, one arrested

India TV News  

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Madhya Pradesh: Heroin worth Rs 3.5 crore seized from car in Mandsaur, two arrested
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh: Heroin worth Rs 3.5 crore seized from car in Mandsaur, two arrested

India TV News  

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Sharp drop in seized drugs in 2023-24
1 year ago

Sharp drop in seized drugs in 2023-24

Hindustan Times  

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Heroin worth more than ₹5 crore seized in Assam
1 year, 2 months ago

Heroin worth more than ₹5 crore seized in Assam

The Hindu  

“Large quantities of heroin worth a total of ₹5 crore have been seized and three persons arrested in separate incidents in two districts of Assam,” police said on October 13. Acting on a tip-off, police launched a search operation in Khakrajan area in Karbi Anglong district and intercepted a vehicle coming from Dimapur in neighbouring Nagaland on Thursday night “During …

Gujarat Police Seizes 80 Kg Cocaine Worth Rs 800 Crore Off Kutch Coast
1 year, 3 months ago

Gujarat Police Seizes 80 Kg Cocaine Worth Rs 800 Crore Off Kutch Coast

ABP News  

An official stated that police seized 80 kilogramme of cocaine, worth approximately Rs 800 crore, stashed on the edge of a stream near Gandhidham in Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday, news agency PTI reported. "Today Gandhidham police seized 80 kgs of cocaine, which is worth about Rs 800 crore in the international market. #WATCH | Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi …

37-year-old man arrested in Uttarakhand with narcotic substances worth ₹55 lakh
1 year, 3 months ago

37-year-old man arrested in Uttarakhand with narcotic substances worth ₹55 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A 37-year-old drug peddler was arrested by the Uttarakhand police’s anti-narcotics task force from Dehradun and recovered 550gm heroin worth ₹55 lakh from his possession, officials said. With this, the Uttarakhand police has arrested as many as 42 drug peddlers so far in 2023 and recovered drugs worth ₹ 2.52 crore. The accused revealed about the drug peddlers active in …

Punjab: Drug smuggler caught with 15kg of heroin in Fazilka
1 year, 4 months ago

Punjab: Drug smuggler caught with 15kg of heroin in Fazilka

Hindustan Times  

A drug trafficker was arrested with 15kg of heroin in Fazilka, officials said on Saturday. Punjab Police personnel with the 15-kg heroin consignment recovered from a tractor-trolley near Dhani Kharas Wali village in Fazilka district on Friday night. The arrest was made by the Punjab Police’s state special operation cell, Fazilka, which has seized 147 kg of heroin in the …

77 Kg heroin seized and 4 smugglers arrested in Punjab
1 year, 5 months ago

77 Kg heroin seized and 4 smugglers arrested in Punjab

Op India  

On Sunday, the 6th of August, Punjab Police made one of the biggest seizures of heroin this year as part of the crackdown on drug networks operating in the state. According to Police officials, around 77 kilograms of heroin was seized in two separate operations which were conducted by the Ferozepur’s Counter Intelligence Wing. In his post, DGP Yadav said, …

Bihar: Narcotic substances worth ₹50 lakh seized, 7 arrested near Indo-Nepal border
1 year, 5 months ago

Bihar: Narcotic substances worth ₹50 lakh seized, 7 arrested near Indo-Nepal border

Hindustan Times  

The Araria police in Bihar on Monday evening seized ₹50 lakh worth of banned substance smack and arrested seven people aged below 25 years near the Indo-Nepal border in Jogbani. Araria superintendent of police Ashok Kumar Singh told media persons that a team of police, led by Forbesganj sub divisional police officer Khusroo Siraz, raided a house based on a …

Over 326 kg of seized drugs destroyed in Delhi
1 year, 6 months ago

Over 326 kg of seized drugs destroyed in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Air Cargo Customs Commissionerate destroyed 326 kilograms of narcotic and psychotropic substances in the national Capital. “The lots destroyed were the contraband seized in 72 cases which included ganja, heroin, khat leaves, opium, ketamine among other NDPS substances. The seizures were largely made at the New Courier Terminal and the Foreign Post Office which is administered by Air Cargo …

37-kg heroin seized in Fazilka, four arrested
1 year, 8 months ago

37-kg heroin seized in Fazilka, four arrested

Hindustan Times  

Fazilka police held four persons with 37 kg of heroin on Wednesday. “Following reliable inputs about the influx of large quantity of heroin from Rajasthan to Punjab, police teams from Fazilka district carried out the operation at Fazilka-Ferozepur road, near canal bridge in the area of village Lalo Wali. The Police have also recovered two sedan cars including a white …

Why rampant drug seizures on high seas off Gujarat coast are alarming
1 year, 9 months ago

Why rampant drug seizures on high seas off Gujarat coast are alarming

India Today  

On a dark night in the first week of March, sleuths of the Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat’s Anti-Terrorist Squad chased a boat on the high seas off the coast near Okha, Jamnagar. Since August 2021, the Gujarat ATS has seized 1,048 kilos of drugs, worth Rs 5,416.5 crore, and arrested many suspects—46 Pakistanis, seven Iranians, three Afghans, a Nigerian …

Drug inflow to Hyderabad city continues unabated
2 years 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 …

Drugs worth ₹7 crore seized; three held in Assam
2 years, 1 month ago

Drugs worth ₹7 crore seized; three held in Assam

The Hindu  

Three persons were arrested after contraband drugs estimated to be worth around ₹7 crore were seized from two trucks in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, a police officer said on December 9. The officer said checking of vehicles was conducted in the area and based on a tip-off two trucks were intercepted. We seized 30,000 Yaba tablets from a truck bearing …

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