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A mephedrone drug factory, cleverly disguised as a poultry farm in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, has been busted, leading to multiple arrests and a significant drug seizure, highlighting the ongoing fight against illegal drug manufacturing and distribution in India. Key PointsA mephedrone manufacturing facility was discovered operating within a poultry farm in Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh.Four individuals have been arrested in connection with the illegal mephedrone factory.Police seized 200 grams ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police crime branch has busted a mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit operating from a shed behind a poultry farm in Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan, seizing contraband and equipment worth ₹100 crore. According to the police, 11 persons have been arrested so far, including a suspect believed to be associated with the Dawood Ibrahim gang, for manufacturing and peddling the synthetic drug. MBVV police commissioner Niket Kaush ...Read More >
Mumbai police have apprehended a key suspect in a massive mephedrone seizure case. Mohammed Salim Mohammed Sohail Shaikh was brought back from Dubai after his deportation. He is the third accused to be extradited from the UAE in this operation. The police had previously busted a drug manufacturing unit in Sangli district, seizing contraband worth Rs 252 crore. The Mumbai police have arrested a key accused in a Rs 252-crore mephedrone seizure case after his deportation from Dubai, officials said ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Salim Mohammed Sohail Shaikh, an alleged key player in the drug trafficking network operated by the Dawood Ibrahim gang, has been arrested by the crime branch and remanded in police custody till October 30, officers aware of the matter told Hindustan Times. Shaikh, an alleged associate of fugitive drug lord Salim Dola, was taken into custody by the Mumbai police crime branch shortly after his deportation from Dubai, the officers said. "Shaikh was a key link between the Dawood Ibrahim g ...Read More >
Addressing the power theft, one of the officials from the Mumbra police station said that, "The 38-year-old resident is suspected of having illegally drawn electricity for nearly a year by bypassing the power meter, resulting in theft of 18,214 units of power valued at Rs 4,19,552," as cited by news agency PTI. The official further said that, "Based on the power company's complaint, a case has been registered against the resident under the Indian Electricity Act. No arrest has been made so far, ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted search operations at eight locations across Mumbai, including Dongri, Mazgaon, Worli and other and adjoining areas linked premises, in connection with a money laundering probe against a suspected drug trafficking network allegedly operated by Faisal Javed Shaikh and his wife, Alfiya Faisal Shaikh. According to officials, the searches are being carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 20 (ANI): In a joint operation carried out by the Army Intelligence Unit (5 Det SCIB) and the Anti-Narcotic Cell-1 of Pune City Police, two civilians were apprehended for possession of narcotic substances, an official said. According to Police officials, "Acting on specific intelligence input, enforcement agencies identified the suspects as Abhinav Pradeep Gupta (22) and Irshad Iftikar Sheikh (27), both residents of Pune. Following surveillance and verification, ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (PTI) The Regional Medical Research Centre in Bhubaneswar, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has developed an advanced malaria vaccine that can prevent plasmodium falciparum infection in individuals and minimise community transmission. The ICMR Delhi has invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations, companies and manufacturers enthusiastic about the Transfer of Technology for commercial production of "a recombinant chimeric multi-stage ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 20 (ANI): In a joint operation carried out by the Army Intelligence Unit (5 Det SCIB) and the Anti-Narcotic Cell-1 of Pune City Police, two civilians were apprehended for possession of narcotic substances, an official said. According to Police officials, Acting on specific intelligence input, enforcement agencies identified the suspects as Abhinav Pradeep Gupta (22) and Irshad Iftikar Sheikh (27), both residents of Pune. Following surveillance and verification, ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai Crime Branch carried out a major drug bust in the Nagpada area, recovering 307 grams of Mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 76 lakh. One person has been arrested in connection with the case. According to ANC officials, the Bandra unit received a tip-off on July 10 about a youth arriving at MS Ali Road in Nagpada to sell MD drugs. Acting swiftly, a team laid a trap in the area and detained a suspect based on suspicion. Upon searching him, officers found 3 ...Read More >
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) An alleged synthetic narcotics producer facing an Interpol Red Notice was deported to India from the UAE on Friday in an operation coordinated by the CBI through Interpol and Mumbai police, following which he was arrested in the country's financial capital, officials said. Kubbawala Mustafa, wanted in the case related to the seizure of Rs 252 crore worth of mephedrone from a factory in Maharashtra's Sangli, was brought from the UAE to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj I ...Read More >
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) An alleged synthetic narcotics producer facing an Interpol Red Notice was deported to India from the UAE on Friday, in an operation coordinated by the CBI through Interpol and Mumbai police, officials said. Kubbawala Mustafa, the wanted drugs manufacturer, was brought from the UAE to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, escorted by a four-member team of state police, around 1 am, an official said. He was taken into custody by the crime bra ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 10 (PTI) The Mumbai police have arrested two peddlers and recovered drugs, including heroin, charas and mephedrone, and cash worth Rs 2.36 crore from them, an official said on Thursday. During patrolling in the Lokhandwala Complex area in suburban Andheri on July 7, the Azad Maidan unit of the Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) apprehended a 46-year-old man with 140 grams of mephedrone and 703 grams of charas, valued at worth Rs 1.14 crore, an official said. The ANC team also recovered Rs 1 ...Read More >
Jaipur: In a case echoing the plot of Breaking Bad, two science teachers from Rajasthan were arrested for operating a high-tech mephedrone (MD) drug lab out of a rented flat in Sriganganagar. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Jodhpur unit, raided the apartment Tuesday morning and uncovered a fully functional synthetic drug lab allegedly run by Manoj Bhargava (25), a govt school science teacher, and Indrajit Bishnoi (35), a former physics tutor now preparing for Rajasthan Administrative Service ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The city, which is growing at a rapid pace, stands at a crossroads where it can learn from several innovative urban management practices of other Indian cities to tackle its own challenges. At the national conference of urban local bodies in Manesar on Thursday, mayors and municipal corporations from across the country shared their strategies, offering valuable insights for Gurgaon to consider.Surat generates Rs 140 crore from selling sewage-treated water to industries and has introduce ...Read More >
Mumbai: Over 2,000 paan shops close to schools and colleges suspected of selling drugs were raided in the city and their encroachments removed, said CM Devendra Fadnavis in the legislative council on Thursday. He mentioned that such shops are being closely monitored.The issue of narcotic drugs such as mephedrone and brown sugar being sold at roadside tea stalls in Badlapur and Ambernath, drugs being seized at the APMC market in Navi Mumbai, and the arrest of 50 Bangladeshi citizens while selling ...Read More >
Nagpur: In a major step aimed at combating the growing narcotics menace in Maharashtra, CM Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday announced that drug offenders will now be prosecuted under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The state govt will amend the law in the current legislative session itself to enable this move.Fadnavis made the announcement while responding to a question raised by MLC Parinay Fuke in the legislative council. Highlighting the severity of the drugs iss ...Read More >
The arrest comes after the agency apprehended Khan's office staff member Suraj Gaud on October 8 for allegedly ordering 100 grammes of Mephedrone (MD) via courier from a European country. Gaud was taken into custody after the MD was delivered to Khan's Andheri office where he was employed. Customs officers revealed that during their ongoing investigation, they received intelligence suggesting Guliwala's involvement in drug smuggling. Acting on this information, the agency raided her Jogeshwari ...Read More >
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