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Sitting MLA's 'kin' held with chitta, case filed

December 18, 2025 9:11 pm

SP Balbir Singh said that preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused is a close relative of a sitting MLA.

Police registered a case against the accused Ramanpreet Singh, Karanpreet Singh, Vishal, Harpreet Singh and one unidentified youth under sections 115(2), 351(2), 191(3) and 190 of the BNS.

For a besieged Punjab, lessons from Bihar

December 04, 2025 11:53 am

In Punjab, crime has been normalised and glamorised. Social media videos, gang-affiliated music, and cross-border digital networks have elevated the figure of the ‘shooter’ into a seductive cultural archetype

Family of Colombian fisherman killed in US military ‘drug boat strike’ in Caribbean files first formal complaint

Family of Colombian fisherman killed in US military ‘drug boat strike’ in Caribbean files first formal complaint

December 03, 2025 10:52 pm

The complaint, filed by US human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik on behalf of the family, names Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth as the perpetrator.

Police say synthetic drugs have now overtaken heroin as cartels exploit visa loopholes and encrypted networks.

How African cartels are fuelling the great MDMA-meth boom in Delhi

November 20, 2025 8:14 pm

Over the last few months, several individuals from Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire have been arrested in the capital. Police are tracking new patterns of the international drug trade, routed from South America through the Middle East, run by Africans who often misuse medical visas.   

Three held for smuggling cocaine from Ethiopia

Three held for smuggling cocaine from Ethiopia

November 14, 2025 9:38 pm

On the basis of a tip-off, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had intercepted Shah and Attari at Chennai airport a few months ago.

Drug bust in Pratapgarh by UP Police

How a jailed drug peddler, his family ran narcotics operation from home — till UP cops came knocking

November 12, 2025 10:20 am

Five members of the family of the alleged peddler, Rajesh Mishra — including his wife, son, and daughter — were arrested, police said. Cash and contraband drugs valued at more than Rs 3 crore were recovered during a raid.

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Trump’s war on Venezuela is an extension of his domestic MAGA agenda

October 31, 2025 1:11 pm

It will not solve America’s drug crisis, nor will it lead to stability in Latin America. What it offers, instead, is a grim reminder that when domestic politics drives foreign policy, war becomes a campaign tool, and peace, a disposable slogan

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced that the US military carried out a strike on an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean. According to Hegseth, the operation was carried out on Tuesday night, and six suspected drug traffickers on board the destroyed vessel were killed. Making the announcement on social media, Hegseth claimed that the vessel was operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Venezuelan drug cartel, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the US. “The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,” Hegseth said. “Six male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters, and was the first strike at night,” he added. Hegseth further warned that those trafficking drugs into the US would be treated the same way the US treated Al-Qaeda. “Day or NIGHT, we will map your networks, track your people, hunt you down, and kill you,” he said. In a 20-second black and white video of the strike that was posted to social media, a small boat can be seen apparently sitting motionless on the water when a long, thin projectile descends on it, resulting in an explosion. The video ends before the explosion dies down enough for the remains of the boat to become visible again. Thursday’s was the 10th strike by the US military on vessels suspected of carrying drugs since September and the third this week. Out of the ten strikes so far, eight were in the Caribbean and two this week were also carried out in the eastern Pacific. With six more deaths on Thursday, the number of alleged drug-traffickers killed in US strikes since September has risen to 46 people, while two people who survived a previous operation have been repatriated. The strike also came hours after the US military flew a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela on Thursday. The flight was just the most recent move in what has been an unusually large military buildup in the Caribbean Sea and the waters off Venezuela that has raised speculation that President Donald Trump could try to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who faces charges of narcoterrorism in the US.

US strikes alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean, third operation this week

October 24, 2025 11:36 pm

With six more deaths on Thursday, the number of alleged drug-traffickers killed in US strikes since September has risen to 46 people.

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How India managed to get 3 accused in drug peddling case deported from UAE in the past 4 months

October 24, 2025 2:35 pm

The Mumbai police launched an investigation into the drug network with the arrest of a woman with merely 641 grams of mephedrone in January 2024.

on Tuesday night, the US military targeted a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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.

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Narco War: These figures show why Udta Punjab matters

June 09, 2016 9:04 am

An Indian Express investigation on the narcotics war in Punjab.

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January 12, 2015 10:13 am

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