Drug Smuggling
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Kerala beauty pageant contestant held at Mumbai airport with hydroponic cannabis worth Rs 11 crore
Maharashtra | Jun 12, 2026, 12:36 PM ISTHarsha Sunny landed at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Bangkok on the night of June 10-11. Acting on suspicion, customs officials stopped her for a detailed inspection and allegedly recovered 12 vacuum-sealed packets from her trolley bag during the search.
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Mumbai: Dubai fugitive 'Shera' extradited to India in crackdown on global drug syndicate
Maharashtra | Nov 02, 2025, 04:18 PM ISTInvestigations revealed that Sheikh managed secret drug production facilities overseas and maintained direct operational ties with several narcotics networks across India.
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Bulldozer action in Punjab: Illegal property of drug peddler demolished in Amritsar | VIDEO
India | Apr 02, 2025, 10:15 AM ISTAmritsar Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that the step was taken reportedly on the instructions of the Chief Minister as part of his 'drug free Punjab' initiative.
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Drug smuggled into Bangladesh from India, unfair deals will be discussed: Interim govt's Adviser
World | Jan 29, 2025, 04:22 PM ISTBangladesh interim government’s Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said his government will discuss key issues related to agreements made with India during the tenure of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League will be discussed.
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Manipur: Meitei body requests Centre to implement NRC to identify illegal immigrants
Manipur | Jan 19, 2025, 06:37 PM ISTCOCOMI, the Meitei group, has said that the government has not taken adequate action despite fresh bombings at Kadangband on January 14.
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German National Ashok Kumar dies in Tihar Jail under 'suspicious circumstances'
Delhi | Sep 11, 2024, 08:25 PM ISTA 77-year-old German national, Ashok Kumar, died in Tihar Jail under suspicious circumstances while undergoing treatment for health issues. Kumar, arrested in a drug smuggling case at Delhi Airport in July, had been in custody for over a month.
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Punjab Police busts Pakistan-backed drug racket, arrests two accused with 7 kg heroin, 5 pistols
India | Jul 17, 2024, 10:25 PM ISTThe Punjab Police, acting on secret information, nabbed two accused who were involved in cross-border drug and arms smuggling. They were in contact with smugglers in Pakistan.
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Punjab Police busts drug cartels backed by Pakistan-based smugglers, 3 arrested
India | Jun 28, 2024, 07:07 PM ISTIn addition to the recovery of 8.2 kg heroin, the police teams have also recovered Rs 95,000 cash and an electronic weighing machine, besides impounding their car.
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WATCH: Dramatic chase as US Border Patrol, Texas Troopers join anti-smuggling operation
World | Jun 16, 2024, 12:05 PM ISTLieutenant Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety outlined that smugglers operate a sophisticated network utilizing lookouts, drones, guides, and radios, all under the control of Mexican cartels.
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Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrests foreign national with drugs worth over Rs 9 crore
Maharashtra | May 11, 2024, 07:16 PM ISTThe latest seizure marks the second such action by DRI in the span of one week, emphasising the agency's unwavering commitment to combat the drug menace and uphold law and order.
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Punjab: Amritsar Police foils cross-border smuggling operation, seizes 5 kg of drugs
India | May 03, 2024, 03:44 PM ISTAfter foiling earlier smuggling attempt on April 29, DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav had said that the syndicate's tentacles stretch across 5 Countries and 2 Indian States linking Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, and Canada, alongside a domestic network spanning two states J-K and Gujarat.
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Gujarat: Six Pakistanis with drugs worth Rs 480 crores nabbed in sea-air coordinated operation
India | Mar 12, 2024, 07:07 PM ISTActing on specific intelligence inputs, the Indian Coast Guard strategically positioned its ships in the Arabian Sea on March 11th.
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Uttar Pradesh policeman, associate held for drug smuggling
Crime | Oct 14, 2023, 02:30 PM ISTA policeman and his associate were arrested for smuggling drugs, including 33 kg of charas, and have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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Punjab Police busts cross-border smuggling racket, one held and six kg heroin seized
India | Aug 03, 2023, 09:24 PM ISTThe accused has been identified as Shinder Singh, a resident of Jalandhar.
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NIA attaches house of two accused in Pak-sponsored narco-terror case
India | Jul 04, 2023, 04:48 PM ISTNIA attached the house of two accused brothers, arrested in a Pakistan-sponsored narco-terror case in Punjab, an official said on Tuesday.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Drug racket busted in Baramulla; 9 held
India | Jun 14, 2023, 08:41 AM ISTBaramulla drug racket: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, police in a major breakthrough arrested 9 drug smugglers and recovered 1.78 kg of heroin-like substance along with cash amounting to Rs 69.20 lakh from Nambla, Isham and Bandi Uri areas.
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Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi shifted to Delhi’s Mandoli Jail amid possibility of gang war in Tihar
India | May 25, 2023, 08:59 AM ISTBishnoi accused in the Siddhu Moosewala murder case was arrested by the Punjab police last year.
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J-K: Police arrest 5 drug peddlers with heroin in Jammu
India | Apr 07, 2023, 12:09 PM ISTThe case has been registered under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
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NIA raids multiple locations across states to probe nexus between terrorists, drug smugglers
India | Oct 18, 2022, 11:28 AM ISTNIA raids were conducted to disrupt and dismantle the emerging nexus between terrorists, gangsters, drug smugglers and traffickers based in India and abroad.
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Pakistani drug smuggler arrested in Punjab, heroin worth Rs 30 cr seized
India | Oct 03, 2021, 02:08 PM ISTSix packets of heroin were recovered from the possession of the smuggler, identified as Kashi Ali.