In a major drug bust in the national capital, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police has seized over 350-kg of heroin worth Rs 2,500 cr. The Delhi Police have also arrested four accused in connection with the drug racket.
This is one of the biggest consignment of drugs to ever be caught by Delhi Police and one of the largest drug syndicates to be exposed.
Mumbai's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday said it has recovered 293.81 kgs of heroin. It was found concealed in two containers packed with semi-processed talc stones imported by a Punjab-based firm from Afghanistan, the directorate said.
During the probe, heroin was recovered concealed in a package of bangles.
The contraband, seized on Thursday, is one of the major narcotic seizures in the recent times, they said.
"The incident took place on the intervening night of June 2-3 when troops sensed suspicious movement at the border. A BSF sentry opened fire, forcing the smugglers to run," BSF spokesperson said
Indian Coast Guard in a joint operation with ATS Gujarat apprehended one Pakistani boat with 8 Pakistani nationals and 30 kg of heroin said Director General Krishnaswamy Natarajan on April 15.
Tripura Police have busted a gang of drug peddlers in Agartala and seized contraband drugs from their possession.
Border Security Troops seized 60 packets of contrabands that are suspected to be Heroin from the Gurdaspur Sector in Punjab on Sunday. The BSF troops deployed along the River Ravi bank observed some suspicious item floating (a bunch of water Hyacinth) in River Ravi from Pakistan to India side.
As part of a special anti-narcotics drive, the Haryana Police arrested two people with 500 gm of heroin worth around Rs 1 crore in Sirsa district, police said
Heroin worth over Rs 1,000 crore has been destroyed by the customs department here, an official statement issued on Friday said. A high level disposal committee has carried out destruction of 207.109 kgs of heroin on January 24 at a centralised bio-medical waste facility, it said.
With this, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police has claimed to have unearthed an alleged nexus between police informers and drug peddlers, an official said
A Nigerian national was arrested for allegedly supplying drugs in the national capital, police said on Saturday. Thirty grams of heroin worth Rs 5 lakh was recovered from him, they said.
It was revealed that the Airport Security Force (ASF) had reportedly recovered around 25 ks of drugs from their baggage, concealed into women's clothing, which was detected later during the scanning process.
The trio were identified as Jai Chand Saxena (31) a resident of Bareilly, Sonu Goswami (26) and Shyam (25) both residents of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Delhi police special cell seized over 10 kg of heroin from Rohini in Delhi on Wednesday. Three accused arrested possessing the drugs which were being peddled from Manipur through Naxal-affected areas of Jharkhand.
The BSF recovered 3kg heroin near Shameke border outpost at 7 am, while patrolling the Sutlej river area in a boat.
640 kg of suspected Heroin with market value of appx Rs 3200 crore seized in Amritsar
The Customs Department has seized large quantity of suspected heroin concealed inside a truck carrying salt which crossed over to Indian territory from Pakistan through the Integrated Check Post at the Attari-Wagah International Border, officials said on Sunday.
Terming the recovery as a "major success", a spokesman said the BSF carried out a special search operation on a specific information and found a plastic can in a branch of Phalku Nalla.
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