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54 arrests in 90 days: Thailand, Vietnam drug routes under scanner at Kolkata airport
July 30, 2026 12:46 pm
The Kolkata Airport Customs seized nearly 397 kg of smuggled ganja and between April and June, busting major trafficking routes originating in Southeast Asia.
No more 'petty' offence: Kerala High Court says even small drug quantities can label you ‘goonda’ in key ruling
April 02, 2026 1:52 pm
In a massive legal shift, a five-judge bench of Kerala High Court in a significent ruling has declared that possessing even a small quantity of drugs can now land you under the state’s strict anti-goonda laws.
Gujarat ATS arrests 2 more businessmen for smuggling anaesthetic drug as aloe vera powder to Malaysia
March 10, 2026 5:16 pm
One of the accused revealed he had arranged to send 22 kg of etomidate to Malaysia by air cargo, according to the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).
'Opium concealed inside chocolate boxes sent to Bengaluru through courier': Police bust drug racket
January 13, 2026 10:38 pm
74 grams of opium was recovered from inside the chocolate boxes send via DTDC express courier.
‘Going to start hitting land’: Donald Trump threatens military action against drug cartels in Mexico
January 09, 2026 9:59 pm
Successive US governments have long accused their counterparts in Mexico of failing to crack down on the cartels smuggling drugs across the border.
Regular at Delhi’s rave parties, supplier of Thai marijuana: Who is Ritik Bajaj, key accused in Rs 13,000-crore drug case
December 24, 2025 12:44 pm
Police said Ritik Bajaj was one of the key suppliers of Virender Basoiya aka Veeru, the Dubai-based businessman allegedly funding the cartel’s operation. He was brought back from Dubai.
'Al-Qaida of Western Hemisphere': Pete Hegseth says US military has all authorities necessary to strike drug cartels
November 12, 2025 10:52 pm
Since September, the US military has carried out 19 air strikes on 20 vessels, accused of trafficking drugs, killing 76 people.
‘We do not agree with these attacks’: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on US strike against drug-transporting vessels
October 29, 2025 12:35 am
US military carried out three strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean targeting drug trafficking vessels, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor.
US carries out another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, killing two, this time in Pacific Ocean
October 23, 2025 7:52 am
With the two deaths on Tuesday night, the toll from all the strikes on suspected drug-carrying boats has reached at least 34 people.
Watch: US strikes alleged drug-trafficking boat off Venezuelan coast, killing four 'narco-terrorists'
October 03, 2025 11:14 pm
According to Hegseth, the strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics to America.
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