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The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its three operatives and recovered 10 sophisticated pistols along with 500gm of opium from their possession, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said on Wednesday. Those arrested have been identified as Rajan alias Sagar (28), a resident of Faizpura in Amritsar, Surinder Singh alias Pali (24), a resident of Tali Wala village in Fazilka, ...Read More >
Director General of Border Security Force, Daljit Singh Chawdhary, on Friday said that police worked shoulder to shoulder with other security forces during 'Operation Sindoor'. Speaking after reviewing the passing out parade of the 77th (Regular Recruits) batch of the Indian Police Service (IPS) probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) here, Chawdhary said in moments of great national challenge, the police do not stand alone. "We have seen this in operation ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a joint operation, the Special Operations Team (SOT) Malkajgiri and Ghatkesar Police have busted an interstate drug racket and seized 5.1 kg of Hashish Oil worth Rs. 1.15 crore. A 17-year-old boy from Alluri Sitarama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh, was apprehended while transporting the contraband from Odisha to Hyderabad. The accused had collected the drugs from Debendra Jhodia alias Srinu of Chitrakonda, Odisha, who remains absconding. The juvenile was caught at Ghatkesar railway ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) The processing time for requests from the country's law enforcement agencies to Interpol to issue a Red Notice for the detention of a fugitive has drastically decreased, on average, from 14 months to three months now, CBI Director Praveen Sood said on Thursday. In his welcome address at a conference on 'Extradition of Fugitives: Challenges and Strategies' organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah, Sood said only eig ...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 >
Nashik: Police have arrested three persons after seizing mephedrone (MD) drug valued at Rs 5.82 lakh from their possession in Malegaon town of Maharashtra's Nashik district, officials said. Malegaon Police Bust Drug Peddling, Seize 194 gm Contraband Acting on a tip-off about drug peddling, a special squad of the police conducted a raid in Malegaon's Hirapur Maidan area on Tuesday and found three persons possessing 194 gm of the contraband with the motive to sell it, an official said. They had ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 16 (ANI): In order to curb the use of money power in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Enforcement Agencies have seized a total of liquor, cash, narcotics and other valuables worth Rs 1.284 crore on Wednesday, taking the total items seized to Rs 37.14 crore, the State Chief Electoral Officer said. The agencies on Wednesday seized liquor worth Rs 78.7 lakh, narcotics of Rs 25 lakh, precious metals worth Rs 20 lakh, along with other freebies costing Rs 15 lakh, and ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to enforce and expand the constitutional right of individuals to access legal counsel during all stages of an enquiry or investigation. Issuing notice, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and K Vinod Chandran sought responses of the Centre and all states and union territories in the matter. The plea challenges the current practice of discretionary and parti ...Read More >
The Election Commission said on Wednesday that since polls were announced on October 6, a total seizure of Rs 33.97 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs and freebies has been made by different enforcement agencies. Enforcement agencies have seized cash, drugs, liquor and freebies worth Rs 33.97 crore from poll-bound Bihar as part of efforts to prevent inducement of voters by political parties. The state goes to polls in two phases on November 6 and 11. Votes will be counted on November 14. The ...Read More >
OP Singh is brother-in-law of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. He is married to Sushant's elder sister, Ritu Singh. The Haryana government on Tuesday, October 14, appointed Om Prakash (O P) Singh, a 1991-batch IPS officer, as the new DGP. This came hours after Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Singh Kapur was sent on leave following controversy over the suicide of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar. The appointment order, issued by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Police in J&K's Kulgam district on Wednesday attached the property of a detained drug peddler/supplier under the Prevention of Illegal Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act. "In a major action against drug trafficking, Kulgam police today attached property belonging to Ghulam Rasool Dar, son of Late Abdul Rehman Dar, resident of Vidoe Mishipora, Police station Qaimoh, under the provisions of Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and ...Read More >
Srinagar: Police in Kulgam have attached property belonging to Ghulam Rasool Dar, son of Late Abdul Rehman Dar of Vidoe Mishipora, under the provisions of Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, a police spokesman informed Wednesday. He said the accused person is involved in case FIR No. 62/2021 U/S 8/15-29 NDPS Act of Police Station Qaimoh, in which 520 kilograms of poppy straw were recovered. He is already detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traff ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 14 (PTI) The 1992-batch IPS officer O P Singh, who on Tuesday assumed charge as Haryana's new DGP, holding the position as additional charge after government sent state DGP Shatrujeet Kapur on leave, is a multi-faceted personality. The IPS officer of Haryana cadre, Singh is an author, a podcaster too, all while serving in a senior role where he led critical efforts in law enforcement modernisation, community resilience, and national capacity building. The Haryana government on ...Read More >
Agartala: Border Security Force (BSF) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) jointly seized Yaba tablets worth approximately Rs 16 crore during a late-night operation in Tripura's Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday. Acting on specific intelligence regarding the illegal stockpiling of drugs, BSF personnel from the Tripura Frontier and NCB officials from Agartala conducted a coordinated raid at the residence of a suspected trafficker in Madhya Boxanagar, under Kalamchoura police statio ...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 >
Ferozepur: Ferozepur police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a Pakistan-based narco-hawala syndicate by seizing 5.15 kg heroin and Rs 29.2 lakh in drug money from two men.Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said the two handlers arrested during the operation were identified as Sajan and Resham. Both were in contact with smugglers based in Pakistan and handled large-scale heroin supply and hawala transactions in Ferozepur and surrounding areas, he said.Yadav called the arrests ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a major operation against narcotics trafficking, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai Zonal Unit, seized 7.95 kg of cocaine valued at approximately Rs 79.5 crore in the illicit market from two female passengers arriving from Bangkok at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), officials informed on Friday. Intelligence-Led Interception Acting on specific intelligence, DRI officers intercepted the passengers upon their arrival and conducted ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 3 (PTI) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday recovered nearly eight kilograms of cocaine worth Rs 79.5 crore from two female passengers at the Mumbai international airport after the contraband was found concealed in toy packets inside their bags, officials said. The action was taken based on specific inputs about attempts to smuggle cocaine, they said. The Mumbai zonal unit of the DRI intercepted two women arriving at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International ...Read More >
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Punjab recorded 89 drug-related deaths in 2023, the highest nationwide. While lower than 144 cases in 2022, the figure still places the state ahead of Madhya Pradesh (85) and Rajasthan (84). In Ferozepur, 26-year-old Raman Singh died on Tuesday, followed by three others- Medu Singh (21), Rajat Singh, and Sandeep Singh- on Wednesday morning. Their deaths have left families grieving and the border village, about 10 km from Pakistan, in shock. ...Read More >
A Bollywood supporting actor was apprehended at Chennai Airport with 3.5kg of cocaine, valued at Rs 35 crore, in a joint operation by Customs and DRI. The actor, arriving from Singapore, claimed he received the drugs in Cambodia. This incident is part of recent significant cocaine seizures, raising concerns about organised crime in the entertainment industry. In a major drug bust, a Bollywood supporting actor was apprehended at Chennai Airport with 3.5kg of cocaine, estimated to be worth around ...Read More >
Chennai, October 1: In a major anti-drug operation, Chennai Customs and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) detained a Bollywood supporting actor with 3.5 kg of cocaine, valued at nearly INR 35 crore in the international market. The actor, who has played minor roles in films such as Student of the Year, was intercepted by the Air Intelligence Unit upon arrival from Singapore in the early hours of Sunday. Acting on specific intelligence, customs officials examined his checked-in trolle ...Read More >
Rachakonda Police Commissioner G. Sudheer Babu with the seized contraband in Hyderabad on Tuesday. A man transporting ganja from Odisha to Rajasthan was arrested by the Maheshwaram Special Operations Team (SOT) of Rachakonda on Tuesday. The officials seized 1,210 kilograms of ganja worth ₹6.25 crore from him. The accused, identified as Vikram Vishnoi alias Vikas, 22, a driver from Osian Tehsil, Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, was intercepted while transporting the contraband in a truck on Natio ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sept 30: "Those who speak the language of separatists and terrorists insult the sacrifices of our martyrs and hurt their soul and strictest possible action as per law of the land will be taken against such elements," Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said today. He said the land of UT of Jammu Kashmir is saturated with blood and sacrifice of J&K Police, Army, CAPF martyrs for the nation's integrity and if anyone disrespects the sovereignty of India and the memories of police martyrs, he ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday gave "a free hand to the officers to fearlessly deal with gangsters and anti-social elements" as he chaired a state-level law and order meeting of all senior officers up to the rank of Station House Officers (SHOs). The meeting aimed to review the ongoing action against organised crime, drug trafficking, and terrorism, and to devise a comprehensive action plan to ensure a peaceful festive season."Accountability of every officer from the rank of cons ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Former Hyderabad police commissioner C.V. Anand assumed charge as special chief secretary, home, at the Secretariat on Tuesday. Anand, a 1996-batch IPS officer of DG rank, previously served as Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and twice held the post of Hyderabad city police commissioner. He had also served as commissioner of Cyberabad. During his early career, Anand worked in several Maoist-affected districts, earning recognition for his leadership and service. He ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sept 30 (Maxim News) In a major crackdown on narcotics in recent times, the Special Operations Team (SOT) of Maheshwaram Zone along with Abdullapurmet police busted an interstate drug peddling racket, seized 1.2 kg of marijuana worth Rs 6.2 crore and arrested one person on Tuesday. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp The arrested man, Vikram Vishnoi (22), a driver from Rajasthan, was transporting the contraband from Malkangiri in Odisha to Rajasthan in a truck. Rachakonda Police Commission ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Intwo separate crackdowns, the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested three Sri Lankan nationals for illegally staying in the city and busted a drug racket involving two foreign nationals among seven accused. According to police, three Sri Lankan citizens who had entered India illegally in 2024 were taken into custody from an apartment under Devanahalli police station limits. Investigations revealed that the accused had traveled from Jaffna by boat to Rameswaram, Tamil Nad ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 30 (ANI): In a significant step towards the vision of Nasha Mukt Bharat, the Drug Disposal Committee (DDC) of Chandigarh Police on Monday disposed of seized narcotics weighing a total of 35.38331 kg from 36 NDPS Act cases. The drive was conducted under the chairmanship of the Superintendent of Police (Crime), who also heads the Drug Disposal Committee. The contraband, including opium plants, heroin, charas, ganja, cocaine and ice/methamphetamine, had been ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], September 29 (ANI): In a significant strike against drug trafficking, Assam Rifles conducted a major operation in the Mohanpur area of Agartala, Tripura, successfully intercepting a large consignment of narcotics, as per the release. Acting on credible intelligence, troops swiftly intercepted a major consignment, foiling an attempt by miscreants to exploit the festive atmosphere of Durga Puja for smuggling contrabands into the state. Also Read | 'Her Mann Ki Baat': ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police has enhanced security measures in all districts, particularly along the Indo-Pak border, after receiving intelligence inputs indicating attempts to disturb peace in the region. After chairing a high-level Law and Order Review Meeting at Amritsar, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said, "There are specific intelligence inputs suggesting that after Operation Sindoor, Pakistan's ISI is desperately trying to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere in Punjab. To counter this, we have deploye ...Read More >
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