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Changing transit modes, hired carriers: How Bengaluru cops trace drug networks
September 29, 2026 7:47 pm
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said 79.5 kg of MDMA and 1,000 ecstasy tablets, valued at Rs 161 crore, were seized between April and September.
3.9 lakh drug cases pending, Centre pushes states to set up special courts
August 03, 2026 10:57 am
Punjab, with 60,000 cases pending, has no special NDPS court; Kerala, with a backlog of 50,000 cases, has just two.
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.
Himachal Pradesh MLA’s relative arrested with heroin in Hamirpur: police
December 18, 2025 2:31 pm
The Hamirpur superintendent of police said that Akash Sharma was arrested during routine patrolling near the Samlehra jungle area under the limits of the Barsar police station.
Fatehgarh police bust inter-state drug supply network, arrest 6
February 07, 2025 6:47 pm
The drug supply network spanned Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab.
Amritsar hotel ‘a hub’ for drug smuggling busted by police
January 25, 2025 12:05 am
Hotel Alpine, located on Ajit Nagar Road at Katra Ahluwalia, has been frozen by the Batala police after investigations revealed its alleged use in narcotics smuggling.
Youth held for illegal sale of ‘Mephentermine Sulphate’ injections, 39 vials seized
September 20, 2024 11:43 pm
‘Mephentermine Sulphate’ is a cardiac stimulant drug illegally used by young gym-goers as performance enhancement drug.
Bengaluru police seize illegal drugs worth Rs 6.61 crore in 2 major hauls
May 11, 2023 5:01 pm
Three men have been arrested in a case registered at the Wilson Garden police station.
Inter-state drug syndicate busted, 3 held, says NCB
May 01, 2023 7:54 pm
The total value of the seizures made is over Rs 4 crore, as per the NCB.
New Yorker convicted of importing illegal controlled substances from India
June 28, 2022 11:48 am
Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss, from Queens in New York, faces up to 50 years of imprisonment.
ILLEGAL DRUGS PHOTOS
In Photos: Myanmar burns $600 million worth of confiscated drugs
June 26, 2026 2:34 pm
In January, the military government claimed the country's largest-ever seizures of illicit drugs and drug-manufacturing equipment, taken from a total of 12 drug production sites during a series of raids
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