Drugs

NCB busts international drug syndicate, arrests 2 in Mumbai

Two people have been arrested with drugs worth crores

Pak sending drugs-laden drones into India, admits Shehbaz’s aide

Experts believe that pushing drugs and weapons through drones is part of Pakistan's strategy to aide and abate terrorism in Punjab.

Narcotics Worth ₹200 Cr Found At Kolkata Port

DRI and Gujarat ATS in a joint operation, named ‘Gear Box’, recovered 39.5kgs of suspected powdered narcotic substance from Kolkata Port.

Mundra Port Drug Haul Case: NIA Arrests Delhi’s Playboy Club Owner

Harpreet Singh Talwar aka Kabir Talwar, the owner of several clubs in Delhi, including the Playboy Club in Delhi’s Samrat Hotel, was on Thursday arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with 3,000 kg of heroin seized at Gujarat’s Mundra port on September 13 last year. The NIA re-registered the case on October […]

India Gets High On Opioids

NEW DELHI: It might not leave a good taste but, historically, India has a long cultural association with cannabis. It was one of the most common drugs used in the country. However, in recent times cannabis seems to have fallen out of Indians’ favour with heroin becoming a preferred choice. Opioid category drugs, like heroin, […]

8 Yrs On, Punjab Books Badal’s In-Law Majithia In Drug Scam; Uncovers Explosive ED Charges On Him, 2 Canadians

CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI:  Eight years after the then wrestler-turned-druglord Jagdish Bhola, who was arrested in a Rs 6500-crore synthetic drug scam, had accused Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal’s brother-in-law Bikram Majithia of him as a kingpin leading to the summons served by ED on him, Punjab Police has booked the key Akali Dal man on […]

Mundra Port Drug Recovery Case: Here’s What We Know Of NIA’s Searches At 5 NCR Locations

NEW DELHI: In a bid to crack the Mundra Port drug recovery case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Tuesday, carried out searches at five locations in the National Capital Region (NCR). 2,988.21 kg of heroin was seized at Mundra Port in Gujarat in September this year. The searches are being carried out at five […]

Aryan Khan In NCB Net; Is B-Town Seeing Fall From Grace Or India’s Youth Equally Vulnerable To Drugs?

In the last week, India saw unforeseen developments in drug-related cases, the most highlighted being the drug consumption allegations on actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son which have put a spotlight on Bollywood yet again.  On October 2, sleuths of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) landed at Cordelia Cruises’ Empress Ship, where allegedly a rave party involving […]