DRI seizes 123 kg narcotic drug Methamphetamine in H1 FY25; maximum cases in Assam, Mizoram
2 weeks, 1 day ago

DRI seizes 123 kg narcotic drug Methamphetamine in H1 FY25; maximum cases in Assam, Mizoram

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Dec 8 Seizures of the narcotic drug Methamphetamine have increased in the northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram in the current year, with the DRI confiscating 123 kg of the contraband during April-September. In the first half of FY 2024-25, DRI seized 123 kg of methamphetamine in 11 cases compared to 136 kg in 8 cases in the entire period of FY 2023-24, which underlines the increasing trend of seizure of this drug, the DRI said in its report for April-September period. As per the Smuggling in India 2024 report of the DRI, 136 kg of Methamphetamine is worth ₹274.75 crore in the illicit market. In recent years, law enforcement agencies have observed a "troubling increase" in the circulation of a potent drug tablet 'Yaba' that combines Methamphetamine and caffeine.

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Anti-drug agencies struggle to detect ‘black cocaine’, smugglers use air route to push substance into India
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Anti-drug agencies struggle to detect ‘black cocaine’, smugglers use air route to push substance into India

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The air route has become a dominant way of smuggling drugs, as the most expensive drug black cocaine is brought to the country through international passenger and cargo flights, officials said on Sunday. The officials said that a report prepared by the Department of Revenue Intelligence revealed that the recent seizures indicated an increasing trend of cocaine smuggling …

Mumbai drug bust: DRI arrests 5, ₹24 crore worth of Mephedrone, around ₹2 crore cash seized from smuggling operation
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mumbai drug bust: DRI arrests 5, ₹24 crore worth of Mephedrone, around ₹2 crore cash seized from smuggling operation

Live Mint  

Mumbai drug bust: The Mumbai Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 16 kg of mephedrone, worth more than ₹24 crore and arrested five accused in a smuggling operation bust, officials told PTI. After interrogation of the two accused, the DRI found and caught three more suspects, including a middleman and a receiver, and seized ₹1.93 crore cash from their possession, …

Massive Drug Seizure in Gujarat: 400 kg of Drugs Seized from Factory
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2 months ago

Massive Drug Seizure in Gujarat: 400 kg of Drugs Seized from Factory

Hindustan Times  

Gujarat police have seized 427 kg and 141 gm of methamphetamine (MD) drug from a factory in Ankleshwar industrial area in Bharuch district. The drugs were seized based on inputs from a central intelligence agency about an international narcotic drug cartel smuggling cocaine into Delhi. The consignment also contained 40 kg of hydroponic marijuana, marking the first such seizure in …

DRI arrests three, seizes cocaine, weed worth Rs 30 crore in Bengaluru
5 months, 1 week ago

DRI arrests three, seizes cocaine, weed worth Rs 30 crore in Bengaluru

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU : After a drastic decrease in Afghanistan’s opium production, and increase in trafficking of cocaine, opioids including synthetic opioids has become a challenge for law enforcement officers across the globe including India. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Bengaluru zonal unit, intercepted a Kenyan who had travelled from Doha to Bengaluru in a Indigo airlines on July 12, and seized …

Drugs worth ₹105 Cr seized in Assam, 3 Mizoram residents arrested
7 months ago

Drugs worth ₹105 Cr seized in Assam, 3 Mizoram residents arrested

Hindustan Times  

The Assam police seized 10.333 kilograms heroin near Silchar-Aizawl bypass in Cachar district on during an operation on Saturday night. Superintendent of police of Cachar district, Numal Mahatta on Sunday said that based on secret information, they conducted a raid at Atalbasti area near Silchar on Saturday night and seized the narcotic products from a vehicle. “Based on a credible …

Mizoram: Heroin, explosives valued over Rs 47 crore seized, three held
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mizoram: Heroin, explosives valued over Rs 47 crore seized, three held

India TV News  

Mizoram news: Security forces in Mizoram have seized heroin and a large cache of explosives- cumulatively valued at around Rs 47.35 crore, and arrested three persons in this connection, an official said on Friday. Sources in the Assam Rifles said that along with the para-military forces and accompanied by Mizoram Police, heroin weighing 5,394 gm valued at Rs 37.75 crore …

Myanmar national held with heroin worth Rs 9.6 crore in Mizoram's Champai district
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar national held with heroin worth Rs 9.6 crore in Mizoram's Champai district

India TV News  

Aizawl: Assam Rifles seized 1.3 kg of heroin valued at Rs 9.6 crore and apprehended a Myanmar national for possessing the illegal substance in Mizoram's Champai district, an official from the paramilitary forces said on Thursday. Ethnic violence in Manipur fuels drug smuggling in Mizoram Earlier, Mizoram's Excise and Narcotics Minister, Lalnghinglova Hmar, disclosed that there is a concerning surge …

Mizoram: Assam Rifles recovers contraband worth over Rs 1 crore along India-Myanmar border
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mizoram: Assam Rifles recovers contraband worth over Rs 1 crore along India-Myanmar border

India TV News  

Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police recovered drugs and foreign origin beer worth Rs 1.75 crore in the Champhai district along the India-Myanmar border in a joint operation, the officials said on Sunday. The forces recovered 95 grams of heroin worth Rs 66.50 lakh in Zokhawthar and 155 grams of heroin and 10 cases of foreign origin Beer worth Rs 1.08 …

30 kg of methamphetamine worth ₹90 crore seized in train at Madurai
9 months, 3 weeks ago

30 kg of methamphetamine worth ₹90 crore seized in train at Madurai

The Hindu  

In a well-planned operation, sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Chennai Zone seized 36 kg of methamphetamine, worth around ₹180 crore, at Madurai Junction and the Kondungaiyur dump in Chennai on Friday, February 29, 2024. Acting on information that a passenger, travelling on Pothigai Express to Madurai from Chennai on Thursday would carry narcotic substances, DRI sleuths staked out …

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

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

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: In one of the major drug hauls this year, the Assam Police on Friday said that they seized 4.765kg heroin from the Cachar district near the Assam-Mizoram state border and arrested one person in connection. Police found 30 soap boxes and four leather bags containing 4.765 kgs of heroin Taking to X, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on …

Mizoram: Heroin worth Rs 30 crore seized at India-Myanmar border, one arrested
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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

India TV News  

Aizawl: A person was arrested with methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 30 crore from a village at the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram's Champhai district, officials said. 34.9 gram heroin worth Rs 17.4 lakh seized In another operation, security forces seized 34.9 grams of heroin worth Rs 17.4 lakh from Zemabawk area of Aizawl on Monday. Earlier on January 12, narcotics worth …

Mizoram: Drugs worth Rs 956 crore seized by Assam Rifles in 2023, 50% more than last year
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mizoram: Drugs worth Rs 956 crore seized by Assam Rifles in 2023, 50% more than last year

India TV News  

Aizawl: The Assam Rifles in Mizoram has confiscated drugs valued at Rs 956 crore this year, reflecting a significant increase of over 50 per cent in drug seizures compared to the previous year. Assam Rifles seized opium, poppy seeds The data further indicates that the paramilitary force confiscated 3kg of opium valued at Rs 1.8 lakh, 20.5kg of poppy seeds …

Amid Manipur Unrest, Traffickers Turn To Mizoram Corridor To Smuggle Drugs From Myanmar
1 year, 1 month ago

Amid Manipur Unrest, Traffickers Turn To Mizoram Corridor To Smuggle Drugs From Myanmar

ABP News  

Due to the unrest in Manipur and road blockades by several outfits, drug traffickers have started to smuggle illegal items through the Mizoram corridor from Myanmar. Mizoram Director General of Police Anil Shukla told ABP Live that the traffickers were mostly using the international border in the state's Champhai district to smuggle contraband. @HMOIndia @adgpi @PIBHomeAffairs @ANI pic.twitter.com/TfYMHhXKWM — The …

Assam Rifles seizes heroin worth Rs 4.82 crore in Champhai district, arrests smugglers
1 year, 2 months ago

Assam Rifles seizes heroin worth Rs 4.82 crore in Champhai district, arrests smugglers

India TV News  

Assam Rifles and the Excise and Narcotics Department have jointly conducted three separate operations in Champhai district, leading to the arrest of four individuals and the seizure of heroin worth Rs 4.82 crore, according to an official statement. "In yet another success in its crusade against smuggling activities, Assam Rifles under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles, recovered Heroin …

DRI seizes 101.31 kg of psychotropic substance worth ₹50.65 crore
1 year, 3 months ago

DRI seizes 101.31 kg of psychotropic substance worth ₹50.65 crore

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 101.31 kilograms of a psychotropic substance, methaqualone, that is covered under the NDPS Act, estimated to be worth ₹50.65 crore in the illicit markets from a car in Pune. The agency has arrested five accused persons in connection with its probe in the case and they are allegedly a part of an …

DRI Seizes Drug Worth Rs 15 Cr at Mumbai Airport; Indian Passenger and Ugandan Woman Held
1 year, 4 months ago

DRI Seizes Drug Worth Rs 15 Cr at Mumbai Airport; Indian Passenger and Ugandan Woman Held

News 18  

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized a white powder, purported to be cocaine, worth about Rs 15 crore from an Indian passenger at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here, a DRI official said here on Sunday. Based on intelligence, the passenger who came via a flight from Addis Ababa to Mumbai was apprehended on Friday, he said. An …

Mizoram bears burden of drug trade after unrest in Manipur
1 year, 6 months ago

Mizoram bears burden of drug trade after unrest in Manipur

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The ethnic unrest in adjoining Manipur appears to have led to a spike in the trafficking of drugs and other contraband items in Mizoram from Myanmar. But since May 3, when violence broke out in Manipur, the trafficking of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and cannabis, apart from areca nuts and foreign cigarettes, has registered a spike in Mizoram. Besides cocaine …

UN says organised crime shifting drugs routes in Southeast Asia
1 year, 6 months ago

UN says organised crime shifting drugs routes in Southeast Asia

Al Jazeera  

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says almost 151 tonnes of methamphetamine seized in Southeast, East Asia in 2022. “Transnational organised crime groups anticipate, adapt and try to circumvent what governments do, and in 2022, we saw them work around Thai borders in the Golden Triangle more than in the past,” Jeremy Douglas, UNODC regional representative for Southeast Asia …

NCB's mega drug haul: Contraband seized from Indian waters worth Rs 25,000 crore
1 year, 7 months ago

NCB's mega drug haul: Contraband seized from Indian waters worth Rs 25,000 crore

India TV News  

NCB's mega drug haul: Two days after the mega drug haul in the Indian waters by the Narcotics Control Bureau in a joint operation with Indian Navy, the anti-drug agency has now announced the latest evaluation of the contraband. 2500kg of Methamphetamine was seized Earlier on May 13, NCB, Indian Navy and Coast Guards seized around 2500kg of Methamphetamine sourced …

Operation Samudragupta: Methamphetamine Worth Rs 12,000 Crore Seized By NCB, Navy In Indian Waters
1 year, 7 months ago

Operation Samudragupta: Methamphetamine Worth Rs 12,000 Crore Seized By NCB, Navy In Indian Waters

ABP News  

Nearly 2,500 kilogrammes of methamphetamine worth approx Rs 12,000 crore was seized from a vessel in Indian waters off the coast of Kerala in a joint operation by the Navy and the Narcotics Control Bureau, the anti-drug agency announced on Saturday. #WATCH | Kochi, Kerala: NCB & Indian Navy seizes approx 2500 kg high purity methamphetamine in the Indian waters …

International drug trade | Haul of shame
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Cocaine, Crystal Methamphetamine Worth Rs 1,476 Crore Seized From Truck in Mumbai
2 years, 2 months ago

Cocaine, Crystal Methamphetamine Worth Rs 1,476 Crore Seized From Truck in Mumbai

News 18  

Revenue intelligence officers have seized 198 kg high purity crystal methamphetamine and 9 kg cocaine worth Rs 1,476 crore, the finance ministry said. In one of the biggest seizures of amphetamine and cocaine in the country, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officers intercepted and seized a truck in Mumbai on October 1. The DRI recovered 198 kg high purity crystal methamphetamine …

Meth, Cocaine Worth Rs 1,476 Crore Seized in Navi Mumbai
2 years, 2 months ago

Meth, Cocaine Worth Rs 1,476 Crore Seized in Navi Mumbai

News 18  

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized crystal methamphetamine and cocaine collectively worth Rs 1,476 crore from neighbouring Navi Mumbai, officials said on Saturday. A total of 198 kg of high-purity crystal methamphetamine and nine kg of high-purity cocaine were seized at Vashi, said an official. The central agency’s Mumbai zonal unit had received a tip-off about a consignment of …

Meghalaya: Drugs Worth Over Rs 18 Crore Seized in 4 Months, 134 Persons Arrested, Says DGP
2 years, 2 months ago

Meghalaya: Drugs Worth Over Rs 18 Crore Seized in 4 Months, 134 Persons Arrested, Says DGP

News 18  

Drugs worth over Rs 18 crore have been seized and 134 traffickers arrested in the last four months in Meghalaya, Director General of Police L R Bishnoi has said. “Of the 48 cases registered, 50 per cent are registered in the East Khasi Hills district and the next highest registration is in the West Garo Hill followed by Khliehriat in …

Gujarat: DRI Seizes 56 Kg Cocaine from Container Near Mundra Port
2 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat: DRI Seizes 56 Kg Cocaine from Container Near Mundra Port

News 18  

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 56 kg of cocaine from a container near the Mundra port in Gujarat’s Kutch district, a DRI official said on Thursday. The DRI team found 56 kg of cocaine, a highly addictive drug, hidden inside the imported items, the official said without divulging much details. The drug seizure comes a month after the …

DRI seizes 62 kg of heroin worth Rs 432 crore at Delhi airport
2 years, 7 months ago

DRI seizes 62 kg of heroin worth Rs 432 crore at Delhi airport

India TV News  

Highlights DRI seized 62 kg heroin from Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport 55 kilograms of heroin was seized from trolley bags at the airport The DRI officers have apprehended the importer of the consignment. In an operation that was code named Black and White, the DRI sized about 55 kilograms of the offending cargo from trolley bags. Image Source : INDIA …

Heroin worth ₹1,500 crore seized at Kandla port in Gujarat
2 years, 8 months ago

Heroin worth ₹1,500 crore seized at Kandla port in Gujarat

The Hindu  

Gujarat’s Anti Terrorist Squad, in a joint operation with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, has seized around 260 kg of heroin worth ₹1,500 crore at the Kandla port in Kutch district of Gujarat. Earlier in February this year, in a joint operation, the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Navy had seized around 750 kg of drugs from a ship off …

300 kg heroin smuggled from Afghanistan via Iran seized at Gujarat's Kandla port
2 years, 8 months ago

300 kg heroin smuggled from Afghanistan via Iran seized at Gujarat's Kandla port

Op India  

In a big drug bust, the Gujarat Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad and the Directorate of Revenue of Intelligence on Thursday seized around 300 kg of heroin at the Kandla Port in Kutch, Gujarat. The consignment was intercepted by the DRI based on specific intelligence that high-quality heroin was being smuggled in containers from Afghanistan to Gujarat’s Kandla port via Iran. …

Manipur: Assam Rifles seize drugs worth over 500 crores from house of woman married to a Chinese man
3 years ago

Manipur: Assam Rifles seize drugs worth over 500 crores from house of woman married to a Chinese man

Op India  

In Manipur, drugs worth over 500 crores have been seized from a house that is owned by a woman from Myanmar. As per reports, a major haul of drugs, including 54 kgs of brown sugar and 154 kgs of Ice Meth were seized from a house in the Moreh town of Manipur. Drugs worth over Rs 500 crores, including 54 …

Customs Seizes Heroin Worth Rs 90 Cr from Two Ugandan Women at Delhi Airport
3 years, 1 month ago

Customs Seizes Heroin Worth Rs 90 Cr from Two Ugandan Women at Delhi Airport

News 18  

Customs officials have seized heroin worth Rs 90 crore from two Ugandan women, who had come to India as medical tourists, at Indira Gandhi International Airport here, an official statement issued on Saturday said. The officers seized 12.9 kg of heroin from the two passengers who had arrived from Nairobi, Kenya via Abu Dhabi during the intervening night of November …

Methamphetamine Worth Rs 1 Cr Seized in Gujarat Railway Station; Three Held
3 years, 2 months ago

Methamphetamine Worth Rs 1 Cr Seized in Gujarat Railway Station; Three Held

News 18  

The Narcotics Control Bureau arrested three persons for alleged possession of nearly 1 kg of methamphetamine, worth Rs 1 crore, at a railway station in Gujarat, an official said on Friday. Based on a tip-off, the NCB’s zonal unit nabbed a drug peddler and two local receivers at Kalupur railway station on Wednesday, zonal director of NCB, S K Mishra …

Assam Police destroy huge quantity of drugs worth Rs 5 crore in Morigaon
3 years, 2 months ago

Assam Police destroy huge quantity of drugs worth Rs 5 crore in Morigaon

India Today  

Police on Wednesday destroyed a huge quantity of contraband drugs worth over Rs 5 crore in Assam’s Morigaon district. Police destroyed 198.478 kg of ganja, 561.89 gram of heroin, 212.01 gram of brown sugar, 6289 cough syrup bottles, 83151 numbers of tablets. Special Director General of Assam police GP Singh said, “Morigaon district police and the Drug Disposal Committee had …

Nearly 3,000 kg heroin seized at Mundra port in Gujarat
3 years, 3 months ago

Nearly 3,000 kg heroin seized at Mundra port in Gujarat

The Hindu  

In what is said to be one of the largest ever seizures in the world, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has impounded two containers carrying about 2,988.22kg of heroin at Mundra port in Gujarat. The breakthrough came after the agency received a specific tip-off about a consignment imported by Aashi Trading Company, located in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, declared as …

DRI Seizes Drugs Worth Rs 2,000 Crore from Mundra Port
3 years, 3 months ago

DRI Seizes Drugs Worth Rs 2,000 Crore from Mundra Port

News 18  

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized two shipping containers at the Mundra Port that had arrived from Afghanistan with at least Rs 2,000 crore narcotics. Declared at the Customs desk as talcum powder, the DRI took a sample of the product and had the powder analysed. It confirmed the presence of heroin, expected to be worth at least Rs 2,000 …

Assam CM crushes seized narcotics with road roller, says drug trade in state worth at least ₹5,000 crore
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam CM crushes seized narcotics with road roller, says drug trade in state worth at least ₹5,000 crore

India Today  

In a bid to make Assam a 'drug-free' state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday drove a road roller over seized contraband during a two-day drug disposal event organised by the state police in Nagaon district. This comes a day after the chief minister burnt drugs worth Rs 163 crore in Karbi Anglong’s Diphu, along with Karbi Anglong Autonomous …

DRI seizes heroin worth Rs 879 crore in Maharashtra's Raigad, 1 held
3 years, 5 months ago

DRI seizes heroin worth Rs 879 crore in Maharashtra's Raigad, 1 held

India TV News  

The DRI has seized around 300 kg of heroin worth Rs 879 crore allegedly smuggled from Afghanistan and arrested one person in this connection at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in neighbouring Raigad district, officials said on Sunday. The consignment, allegedly smuggled from Afghanistan via Iran, was declared as gypsum stone and talcum powder, an official from the Directorate of …

Assam’s Didi: How a Drug Queen Was Caught With Rs 7 Cr of Heroin
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam’s Didi: How a Drug Queen Was Caught With Rs 7 Cr of Heroin

The Quint  

“Didi was one of the main links in the supply chain. She was extremely slippery and it took us more than three weeks of hard work to track and arrest her,” said Superintendent of Police Pushpraj Singh. Didi mostly dealt with Heroin No 4—the injectable variant of the drug—smuggled from laboratories in Myanmar not far from the Manipur border. Singh …

Drugs worth Rs 7 cr seized in Assam's Karbi Anglong, two arrested
3 years, 6 months ago

Drugs worth Rs 7 cr seized in Assam's Karbi Anglong, two arrested

India Today  

Assam police seized a huge quantity of illegal drugs worth Rs 7 crore from Karbi Anglong district on Thursday. Based on intelligence input, Karbi Anglong district police had conducted a search operation in the Bokajan area and seized over 2 kg of heroin powder from a vehicle bearing registration number AS-01BY-9058, which was concealed in 164 packets. A top police …

Major drug haul in northeast: Narcotics and contraband worth Rs 165 cr seized in Manipur
4 years ago

Major drug haul in northeast: Narcotics and contraband worth Rs 165 cr seized in Manipur

India TV News  

In one of the biggest haul of drugs in Northeast, a combined team of security forces apprehended six drugs traffickers, including two Myanmar nationals, and seized drugs worth over Rs 165 crores on Monday morning from Moreh and Tengnuopal district in Manipur. The operation was executed by a team comprising of Assam Rifles troops, Manipur Police and NCB officials and …

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