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  NCB arrests 9, busts international drugs cartel worth Rs 1,300 crore

  India | December 14, 2019 11:42 IST

  The anti-narcotics agency said it seized on Friday one of the largest quantity of Cocaine in the country, at 20 Kgs, from a drugs syndicate spread across Delhi, the national capital region, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, with global links in Australia, Canada, the US, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Columbia, Malaysia and Nigeria.

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  Indian businessman pleads guilty to importing banned drugs into US

  India | December 10, 2019 8:48 IST

  Jeetendra Harish Belani, who hails from Nagpur, was extradited to the US after his arrest in the Czech Republic on June 3 to face the charges contained in an eight-count Indictment returned by a federal grand jury on June 26.

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  Indian-origin brothers plead guilty to smuggling drugs in chickens in UK

  World | November 29, 2019 15:57 IST

  Two Indian-origin brothers have pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of an organised crime group, which was involved in smuggling millions of pounds worth of illegal drugs into the UK via a series of front companies linked with the importation of chicken from the Netherlands.

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  Rs 25 lakh-worth drugs seized, four arrested in Nagaland

  India | November 15, 2019 6:33 IST

  A case has been registered at Diphupar police station in Dimapur and investigation is on,  Dimapur police PRO T Relo  Aye said. 

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  Mephedrone worth Rs 3.5 cr seized from Rajdhani Express in Gujarat

  India | October 27, 2019 16:37 IST

  The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said a team, acting on a tip-off, boarded the Mumbai-bound Rajdhani Express on Saturday morning and made the seizure and arrests. 

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  3 Nigerians arrested in Goa for possession of party drugs

  India | October 20, 2019 20:34 IST

  The accused were apprehended following a car chase lasting a few minutes, police sub-inspector attached to the Calangute police station Suraj Kankonkar told reporters.

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  8 Indian-Americans arrested for distributing millions of opioid pills imported from India

  India | September 13, 2019 15:05 IST

  The eight accused, who were arrested on Thursday, primarily operated out of a warehouse in Queens, a New York City borough, where they repackaged the pills and mailed them to customers throughout the US, according to the Justice Department.  

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  Mumbai: Over 125 drug peddlers held in special drive over 8 months

  India | September 10, 2019 17:57 IST

  Additional Commissioner of Police (West) Manoj Kumar Sharma said the seized items included MD or MDMA, a recreational drug, cocaine, charas, ganja etc.

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  Special court awards 20 years rigorous imprisonment to two for possessing drugs

  India | August 30, 2019 12:09 IST

  They were arrested from Champai district's Dungtlang village for possessing 439 gram of heroin in 2017.

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  Police bust illegal racket of habit-forming drugs with arrest of Ludhiana-based chemist

  India | July 16, 2019 21:50 IST

  Punjab Police and the Special Task Force (STF) have busted a racket of habit-forming drugs operating across the state with the arrest of a Ludhiana-based chemist, who was its kingpin, the STF chief said on Tuesday.

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  640 kg of suspected Heroin with market value of appx Rs 3200 crore seized in Amritsar

  News | June 30, 2019 20:16 IST

  640 kg of suspected Heroin with market value of appx Rs 3200 crore seized in Amritsar

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  Boy refuses to get drugs, faces acid attack in UP

  June 28, 2019 10:38 IST

  When a 14-year-old boy refused to work as a drug courier for three youths, they poured acid into his mouth. The boy has suffered partial loss of speech and is presently undergoing treatment at Lucknow's Balrampur Hospital.

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  Commonly prescribed drugs may increase the risk of dementia : Study

  World | June 25, 2019 16:07 IST

  Drugs widely prescribed to treat a variety of conditions including gastrointestinal disorders and bladder conditions may significantly increase the risk of dementia in older adults. 

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  Special Report: How drugs addiction impacting youth in Jammu and Kashmir

  Special Report | June 24, 2019 23:42 IST

  How drugs addiction impacting youth in Jammu and Kashmir

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  Drug to boost growth in kids with dwarfism shows promise

  World | June 19, 2019 14:15 IST

  A drug that helps regulate bone development has been found to boost growth rates in children with achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism, in a global trial.

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  Two-thirds of AIDS treatment drugs supplied globally by India

  World | June 04, 2019 11:33 IST

  "These affordable generic medicines have helped scale up access to treatment across developing countries," Tripathi, a First Secretary in India's UN mission, told the General Assembly on Monday.

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  Ness Wadia sentenced to 2-year jail term in Japan for drug possession

  India | April 30, 2019 12:42 IST

  Customs officials at New Chitose were alerted to Wadia by sniffer dogs and a search revealed that he had about 25grams of what appeared to be cannabis resin in his trouser pocket.

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  Delhi: Man arrested for supplying drugs

  India | March 07, 2019 9:28 IST

  Two kilograms of charas (worth Rs 2 crore in international market) and one scooter were seized, cops said.  

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  Govt's new proposal: Manufacturer to pay penalty for entire batch if single drug found substandard

  India | January 27, 2019 12:30 IST

  There are usually 10,00 to one lakh units in a batch, but the number of drugs - which can be in the form of tablets or liquid - in a batch vary depending on the size of the shipment, a Health Ministry official said.  

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  Delhi HC stays online sale of drugs, prescribed medicines

  India | December 13, 2018 22:16 IST

  A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao has passed the interim order on a plea seeking a ban on "illegal" sale of drugs and medicines online.