The intercepted narcotics, including heroin, have a street value of several hundred crores and were intended for distribution across India and potentially international markets.
During preliminary inquiry, it has come out that a Delhi-based businessman, who was found inside the factory at the time of the raid along with a Tihar Jail warden was instrumental in establishing the illegal factory.
On October 5, a joint team of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Gujarat ATS raided a facility in Bhopal which was involved in manufacturing drugs. The operation assisted by local MP Police led to seizures of over 1,800 crore.
The amount of seizures is significantly high and comes a few days after the biggest-ever recovery of cocaine was made in Delhi. Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi praised the dedication of law enforcement in safeguarding the health and security of the society.
The home minister said India was at a crucial juncture when it came to the fight against drugs as he rejected the policy undertaken by some western countries to decriminalise certain narcotics offences.
Raids at multiple locations is underway in Tamil Nadu in relation to drug-syndicate related money laundering case. Film producer and former DMK leader Jaffer Sadiq is one of the accused.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the Indian Coast Guard strategically positioned its ships in the Arabian Sea on March 11th.
Drug trafficking case: The Narcotics Control Bureau has termed him the mastermind and kingpin of an international drugs trafficking network spread between India, Australia, and New Zealand.
In a major joint operation, the Indian Navy and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) intercepted a ship near Gujarat's Porbandar, seizing over 3,300 kg of drugs—a significant haul that includes charas, methamphetamine, and morphine.
According to NCB, the demand for cocaine and other high-end party drugs has increased with the onset of the festive season.
Sameer Wankhede was in the news two years ago when he was heading the NCB's Mumbai zone and handled some high-profile cases including an alleged drug seizure case involving Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan.
Delhi crime news: The 3 dead bodies were identified as of Varsha Sharma and her two children. There were sharp injuries on the wrists of all the three deceased.
The two major Indian LSD cartels on darknet are busted by NCB within 3 months. In this matter, total 6 cases have been registered by NCB, Delhi Zonal Unit and 22 people, involved in import of Drugs and its pan-India distribution, have been arrested.
The apex court was hearing the NCB’s petition against the Bombay High Court order of October 2020 granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty, Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend.
CBI on Tuesday questioned Sam D'Souza in the 2021 Cordelia cruise drug bust case for allegedly demanding Rs 25 crore from actor Shah Rukh Khan to let off his son.
Shah said the BJP will launch an awareness programme in Punjab and party workers will visit every block and village of the state to carry out the campaign.
Apart from the drugs, more than Rs 1.10 crore cash and 186.6 gm gold jewellery were also recovered.
NCB crackdown on drug trafficking cartel: The case pertains to a pan India network of drug cartel where the accused were using Cryptocurrency through the darknet. The NCB claimed that it is the "largest ever" seizure of LSD.
Biggest drug haul: A court here granted the NCB 14-day custody of the Pakistani national, arrested in connection with the seizure of over 2,500 kilograms of drugs from a vessel in Indian waters off the port city.
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