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  • Gujarat police seizes 80 kilos of medicine value Rs 800 crore in Kutch

    Express News Service

    AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Police confiscated 80 kg of heroin value Rs 800 crore within the worldwide market from the Kutch district’s coastal space on Thursday. According to officers, the police acted instantly after receiving the knowledge. The accused deserted the drug and fled the scene.

    Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi Said on Social Media that “Acting on information from the Kutch East Local Crime Branch (L.C.B.), a dedicated team intervened swiftly, intercepting a group of suspected individuals engaged in illegal drug trafficking on Mithirohar beach. This operation resulted in the successful confiscation of 80 kg of cocaine.”

    #WATCH | Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi says “Today Gandhidham police seized 80 kgs of cocaine, which is worth about Rs 800 crore in the international market. I have congratulated the DGP and Gandhidham police for this success…” https://t.co/C4RgnwIjgR pic.twitter.com/gkpJS8KqVJ

    — ANI (@ANI) September 28, 2023

    “Today Gandhidham police seized 80 kgs of cocaine, which is worth about Rs 800 crore in the international market. I have congratulated the DGP and Gandhidham police for this success…,” he added.

    “Gujarat Police has seized 80 kg of drug from the coast, whose international market value is Rs 800 crore,” mentioned Sagar Bagmar, Superintendent of Police, Kutch East.

    “As quickly as the knowledge was obtained, the police jumped into motion, and the accused dropped the narcotic and fled the scene. The case is being additional investigated,” SP Bagmar remarked.

    #WATCH | Superintendent of Police, Kutch East, Sagar Bagmar says, “…Police recovered a big consignment of medicine, as per the first investigation by FSL it has been discovered to be cocaine. A police investigation is underway. During the police investigation, it was discovered that… https://t.co/C4RgnwIjgR pic.twitter.com/bjd4fO9vzM

    — ANI (@ANI) September 28, 2023

    According to information tabled within the state legislative Assembly in March 2023, “From August 2021 till February 2023, the Gujarat police seized nearly 1,000 kg of drugs worth over ₹ 5,300 crore and nabbed 102 accused persons, including 56 foreign nationals, Of these 56 foreign nationals, 44 were from Pakistan, seven from Iran, three from Afghanistan, and two from Nigeria.”

    AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Police confiscated 80 kg of heroin value Rs 800 crore within the worldwide market from the Kutch district’s coastal space on Thursday. According to officers, the police acted instantly after receiving the knowledge. The accused deserted the drug and fled the scene.

    Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi Said on Social Media that “Acting on information from the Kutch East Local Crime Branch (L.C.B.), a dedicated team intervened swiftly, intercepting a group of suspected individuals engaged in illegal drug trafficking on Mithirohar beach. This operation resulted in the successful confiscation of 80 kg of cocaine.”

    #WATCH | Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi says “Today Gandhidham police seized 80 kgs of cocaine, which is worth about Rs 800 crore in the international market. I have congratulated the DGP and Gandhidham police for this success…” https://t.co/C4RgnwIjgR pic.twitter.com/gkpJS8KqVJgoogletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
    — ANI (@ANI) September 28, 2023
    “Today Gandhidham police seized 80 kgs of cocaine, which is worth about Rs 800 crore in the international market. I have congratulated the DGP and Gandhidham police for this success…,” he added.

    “Gujarat Police has seized 80 kg of drug from the coast, whose international market value is Rs 800 crore,” mentioned Sagar Bagmar, Superintendent of Police, Kutch East.

    “As quickly as the knowledge was obtained, the police jumped into motion, and the accused dropped the narcotic and fled the scene. The case is being additional investigated,” SP Bagmar remarked.

    #WATCH | Superintendent of Police, Kutch East, Sagar Bagmar says, “…Police recovered a big consignment of medicine, as per the first investigation by FSL it has been discovered to be cocaine. A police investigation is underway. During the police investigation, it was discovered that… https://t.co/C4RgnwIjgR pic.twitter.com/bjd4fO9vzM
    — ANI (@ANI) September 28, 2023
    According to information tabled within the state legislative Assembly in March 2023, “From August 2021 till February 2023, the Gujarat police seized nearly 1,000 kg of drugs worth over ₹ 5,300 crore and nabbed 102 accused persons, including 56 foreign nationals, Of these 56 foreign nationals, 44 were from Pakistan, seven from Iran, three from Afghanistan, and two from Nigeria.”

  • Centre to root out medication, to not enable smuggling via India, says Shah

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI:  Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah on Monday stated that it’s the resolve of the Narendra Modi authorities to make India “drug-free” and never solely will it verify the narcotics commerce in India, however it’ll additionally not enable medication to be routed to the world via India.

    Lauding the efforts of the Narcotics Control Bureau, India’s drug regulator, on the event of the International Day in opposition to Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Shah in a video message stated that the federal government has adopted a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of medication and narcotics and the company has carried out a commendable job within the final 9 years to curb the drug menace in India and the outcomes of this strategy have began coming in.

    Shah stated, “We have decided that we will not allow any kind of narcotics trade in India nor will we allow any drugs to be smuggled through India.”     He additional added, “I fully believe that with coordinated efforts, we will be successful in rooting out the menace of drugs and achieve our goal of a drugs-free India. We will not rest until this fight against drugs is won.”

    Shah stated that the struggle in opposition to medication has been persevering with and “is being carried out on a war footing” on the nationwide stage via acceptable boards. “The effect of our comprehensive and coordinated action is that where narcotics worth only Rs 768 crore were seized in 2006-13, it has now increased almost 30 times to Rs 22,000 crore from 2014-22,” he stated. He stated circumstances in opposition to drug peddlers have elevated by 181 per cent — from 1,257 circumstances between 2006 and 2013 to three,544 between 2014 and 2022.  

    The minister additionally stated that in addition to seizures, India has “additionally launched a destruction marketing campaign to forestall re-use of seized medication and 6 lakh kilogrammes of narcotics have been destroyed within the nation since June 2022.

    “This reflects the Modi government’s commitment for a drug-free India,” Shah stated. The house minister stated the success in opposition to the narcotics commerce has been achieved primarily as a result of Modi authorities’s “whole of government” strategy below which insurance policies are being framed with shut coordination of various wings of the federal government.     

    While National Crime Bureau has been continually retaining a strict vigil to convey down drug smuggling within the area, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) established NCORD in 2019 and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) was shaped within the police division of each state.

    NEW DELHI:  Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah on Monday stated that it’s the resolve of the Narendra Modi authorities to make India “drug-free” and never solely will it verify the narcotics commerce in India, however it’ll additionally not enable medication to be routed to the world via India.

    Lauding the efforts of the Narcotics Control Bureau, India’s drug regulator, on the event of the International Day in opposition to Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Shah in a video message stated that the federal government has adopted a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of medication and narcotics and the company has carried out a commendable job within the final 9 years to curb the drug menace in India and the outcomes of this strategy have began coming in.

    Shah stated, “We have decided that we will not allow any kind of narcotics trade in India nor will we allow any drugs to be smuggled through India.”     He additional added, “I fully believe that with coordinated efforts, we will be successful in rooting out the menace of drugs and achieve our goal of a drugs-free India. We will not rest until this fight against drugs is won.”googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Shah stated that the struggle in opposition to medication has been persevering with and “is being carried out on a war footing” on the nationwide stage via acceptable boards. “The effect of our comprehensive and coordinated action is that where narcotics worth only Rs 768 crore were seized in 2006-13, it has now increased almost 30 times to Rs 22,000 crore from 2014-22,” he stated. He stated circumstances in opposition to drug peddlers have elevated by 181 per cent — from 1,257 circumstances between 2006 and 2013 to three,544 between 2014 and 2022.  

    The minister additionally stated that in addition to seizures, India has “additionally launched a destruction marketing campaign to forestall re-use of seized medication and 6 lakh kilogrammes of narcotics have been destroyed within the nation since June 2022.

    “This reflects the Modi government’s commitment for a drug-free India,” Shah stated. The house minister stated the success in opposition to the narcotics commerce has been achieved primarily as a result of Modi authorities’s “whole of government” strategy below which insurance policies are being framed with shut coordination of various wings of the federal government.     

    While National Crime Bureau has been continually retaining a strict vigil to convey down drug smuggling within the area, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) established NCORD in 2019 and Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) was shaped within the police division of each state.

  • Drugs seized from Indian waters worth Rs 25,000 crore, says NCB

    By PTI

    KOCHI: Two days after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had launched the seizure of over 2,500 kilograms of methamphetamine from a vessel in Indian waters in a joint operation with the Navy, the anti-drug firm on Monday talked about the exact enterprise price of the contraband after its latest evaluation was close to Rs 25,000 crore.

    NCB officers talked about because of the extreme purity of the seized methamphetamine, the value of the contraband has elevated.

    Initially valued at Rs 12 000 crore, NCB had talked about that it was an important seizure of methamphetamine inside the nation. “Upon our inspection, we found that the quality of the seized contraband is very high. Currently, the estimated street value of the drugs are at around Rs 25,000 crore,” a senior official of the NCB knowledgeable PTI.

    The official talked about assorted companies have come collectively and so they’re probing the Pakistan hyperlinks to the seizure. “The Pakistani national, who was detained will be produced before the court here this evening and we will seek his custody,” the official talked about.

    The officers talked about the product was packed in such an professional methodology that even when it was aboard a ship for an prolonged size, the moisture will not be going to impact the medication. “The plastic boxes have various signages or emblems on top of it and we suspect that multiple drug manufacturing labs were involved in it,” the official talked about.

    Giving particulars of the seizure at a press conference held proper right here on Saturday, NCB Deputy Director General (Ops) Sanjay Kumar Singh had talked about that it was carried out as part of ‘Operation Samudragupt’ which targeted maritime trafficking of treatment originating from Afghanistan.

    This is the third foremost seizure by NCB of maritime trafficking of treatment by the southern route inside the closing one and a half years, the corporate had talked about together with that as part of the operation, to this point spherical 3,200 kg of methamphetamine, 500 kg of heroin and 529 kg of hashish have been seized.

    The firm claimed that the most recent consignment of over 2,500 kg of methamphetamine was meant for India, Sri Lanka and Maldives from Afghanistan.

    The drug cache had started on a “mother ship” — an enormous vessel that distributes narcotics to assorted boats all through its journey — from the Makran coast spherical Pakistan and Iran, it talked about.

    As many as 134 sacks of suspected methamphetamine, the intercepted boat and one other objects salvaged from the ship along with the Pakistani nationwide have been dropped at Mattancherry Wharf and handed over by the Navy to the NCB, it talked about.

    KOCHI: Two days after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had launched the seizure of over 2,500 kilograms of methamphetamine from a vessel in Indian waters in a joint operation with the Navy, the anti-drug firm on Monday talked about the exact enterprise price of the contraband after its latest evaluation was close to Rs 25,000 crore.

    NCB officers talked about because of the extreme purity of the seized methamphetamine, the value of the contraband has elevated.

    Initially valued at Rs 12 000 crore, NCB had talked about that it was an important seizure of methamphetamine inside the nation. “Upon our inspection, we found that the quality of the seized contraband is very high. Currently, the estimated street value of the drugs are at around Rs 25,000 crore,” a senior official of the NCB knowledgeable PTI.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The official talked about assorted companies have come collectively and so they’re probing the Pakistan hyperlinks to the seizure. “The Pakistani national, who was detained will be produced before the court here this evening and we will seek his custody,” the official talked about.

    The officers talked about the product was packed in such an professional methodology that even when it was aboard a ship for an prolonged size, the moisture will not be going to impact the medication. “The plastic boxes have various signages or emblems on top of it and we suspect that multiple drug manufacturing labs were involved in it,” the official talked about.

    Giving particulars of the seizure at a press conference held proper right here on Saturday, NCB Deputy Director General (Ops) Sanjay Kumar Singh had talked about that it was carried out as part of ‘Operation Samudragupt’ which targeted maritime trafficking of treatment originating from Afghanistan.

    This is the third foremost seizure by NCB of maritime trafficking of treatment by the southern route inside the closing one and a half years, the corporate had talked about together with that as part of the operation, to this point spherical 3,200 kg of methamphetamine, 500 kg of heroin and 529 kg of hashish have been seized.

    The firm claimed that the most recent consignment of over 2,500 kg of methamphetamine was meant for India, Sri Lanka and Maldives from Afghanistan.

    The drug cache had started on a “mother ship” — an enormous vessel that distributes narcotics to assorted boats all through its journey — from the Makran coast spherical Pakistan and Iran, it talked about.

    As many as 134 sacks of suspected methamphetamine, the intercepted boat and one other objects salvaged from the ship along with the Pakistani nationwide have been dropped at Mattancherry Wharf and handed over by the Navy to the NCB, it talked about.

  • Kerala fights drug menace amongst faculty kids

    By PTI

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Few months in the past, a stunning video surfaced on social media wherein a younger lady was seen screaming loudly beneath the affect of medication after being caught by police from a lodge in a central Kerala city throughout a raid.

    The investigation into the incident later revealed that the girl, as soon as a brilliant scholar, was lured into the lure of medication by the lethal mafia and was getting used as a provider to run their profitable enterprise.

    It was considered one of such a number of incidents that shook the collective consciousness of Kerala society, prompting the federal government to crack down on these engaged within the soiled enterprise within the southern state.

    A brand new survey carried out by Kerala police amongst youths beneath 21 years of age, who had been victims of substance abuse, has revealed one other stunning incontrovertible fact that 40 p.c of them had been kids beneath the age of 18.

    What is extra scary is that majority of them had been woman kids and after falling prey to the drug cartels, they had been getting used as carriers.

    “In earlier days, substance abuse cases were reported more in colleges, now more cases are reported in schools and girl children are becoming victims of substance abuse,” says ADGP (Law and Order), M R Ajith Kumar.

    Kumar, who can be the state nodal officer for the anti-drug marketing campaign of the state police known as ‘Yoddhav’, stated ladies carriers are getting used to lure woman kids into the lure.

    They first befriend the college going women after which slowly introduce them to the damaging world of substance abuse, Kumar advised PTI.

    The senior police officer stated the small roadside eateries known as ‘thattukadas’ and petty outlets within the colleges’ neighborhood are energetic sellers of the contraband to college students.

    “Women drug carriers are getting used to attract woman college students into the community.

    Many occasions boys are additionally getting used to lure their woman mates into the drug lure”, he stated.

    To eradicate the drug menace from the premises of the faculties, the police had carried out 18,301 raids in small eateries and petty outlets close to colleges within the state and registered 401 instances.

    They have additionally arrested 462 accused, whereas seizing 20.97 kg of ganja, 186.38 grams of MDMA and 1122.1 grams of cannabis.

    When some colleges tighten up their surveillance and stop the entry of medication, the carriers goal tuition centres to attract kids, the police officer stated.

    Counsellors hooked up to Child Protection Units say they’ve come throughout drug packets on the desks, benches and inside faculty baggage throughout their go to to some colleges for counselling victims of drug abuse.

    “The prevalence of substance abuse is very high among school children. When we counsel them, they admit to have used these substances but never reveal the source from which they got the drug,” Anju Dias, a counselor hooked up to the Thiruvananthapuram District Child Protection Unit, advised PTI.

    In women aged 13 and above, sexual abuse is usually linked to substance abuse.

    “Boyfriends introduce them to drugs and sexually exploit them. The girls tend to fall back again to get the drug again,” Dias added.

    Psychologist Aswanthya S Okay of District Child Protection Unit, who extensively works amongst each intercourse abuse and substance abuse victims, says household and academics play an important position in prevention.

    “Most of the time, the teachers and parents are too much into academics and fail to notice whether the child is having any deviance. Only when the child gets into trouble, the teachers and parents realize that the kind of teaching or parenting they have been giving is not appropriate for the particular child,” Avanthya stated.

    She says the dad and mom ought to preserve an in depth relationship with their kids, observe them carefully and may examine their belongings, together with baggage completely commonly.

    “Most of these substances are psycho-active drugs. It can affect and alter the brain chemistry of the child. That really makes the child abnormal and on a later stage, hallucinations start to set in. Children will then have abnormal and strained relationships,” she added.

    Police stated Kerala is now dealing with a state of affairs that the Punjab had unsuccessfully fought for the previous a number of years.

    But the state authorities has resolved to battle the menace extra vigorously, launching an enormous anti-drug marketing campaign by coordinating numerous departments together with police and excise departments.

    As a end result there’s a fivefold improve within the variety of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) instances registered within the state and within the variety of individuals arrested.

    The police have recognized 1377 black spots, that are the nerve centre of drug trafficking actions beneath the jurisdiction of 472 police stations within the state.

    In 2022, the Kerala police registered 25,240 NDPS instances and arrested 29,514 accused in comparison with the 5334 instances registered in 2021 and 6704 accused arrested in 2021, reveals a doc.

    “There is a huge jump in seizure of synthetic drugs like MDMA in 2022. Compared to the 2.739 kg MDMA seizure in 2021, police managed to seize 14.032 kg MDMA during 2022. In 2022, 1.223 kg of brown sugar and 35.942 kg of hashish or hashish oil were also seized”, it says.

    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Few months in the past, a stunning video surfaced on social media wherein a younger lady was seen screaming loudly beneath the affect of medication after being caught by police from a lodge in a central Kerala city throughout a raid.

    The investigation into the incident later revealed that the girl, as soon as a brilliant scholar, was lured into the lure of medication by the lethal mafia and was getting used as a provider to run their profitable enterprise.

    It was considered one of such a number of incidents that shook the collective consciousness of Kerala society, prompting the federal government to crack down on these engaged within the soiled enterprise within the southern state.

    A brand new survey carried out by Kerala police amongst youths beneath 21 years of age, who had been victims of substance abuse, has revealed one other stunning incontrovertible fact that 40 p.c of them had been kids beneath the age of 18.

    What is extra scary is that majority of them had been woman kids and after falling prey to the drug cartels, they had been getting used as carriers.

    “In earlier days, substance abuse cases were reported more in colleges, now more cases are reported in schools and girl children are becoming victims of substance abuse,” says ADGP (Law and Order), M R Ajith Kumar.

    Kumar, who can be the state nodal officer for the anti-drug marketing campaign of the state police known as ‘Yoddhav’, stated ladies carriers are getting used to lure woman kids into the lure.

    They first befriend the college going women after which slowly introduce them to the damaging world of substance abuse, Kumar advised PTI.

    The senior police officer stated the small roadside eateries known as ‘thattukadas’ and petty outlets within the colleges’ neighborhood are energetic sellers of the contraband to college students.

    “Women drug carriers are getting used to attract woman college students into the community.

    Many occasions boys are additionally getting used to lure their woman mates into the drug lure”, he stated.

    To eradicate the drug menace from the premises of the faculties, the police had carried out 18,301 raids in small eateries and petty outlets close to colleges within the state and registered 401 instances.

    They have additionally arrested 462 accused, whereas seizing 20.97 kg of ganja, 186.38 grams of MDMA and 1122.1 grams of cannabis.

    When some colleges tighten up their surveillance and stop the entry of medication, the carriers goal tuition centres to attract kids, the police officer stated.

    Counsellors hooked up to Child Protection Units say they’ve come throughout drug packets on the desks, benches and inside faculty baggage throughout their go to to some colleges for counselling victims of drug abuse.

    “The prevalence of substance abuse is very high among school children. When we counsel them, they admit to have used these substances but never reveal the source from which they got the drug,” Anju Dias, a counselor hooked up to the Thiruvananthapuram District Child Protection Unit, advised PTI.

    In women aged 13 and above, sexual abuse is usually linked to substance abuse.

    “Boyfriends introduce them to drugs and sexually exploit them. The girls tend to fall back again to get the drug again,” Dias added.

    Psychologist Aswanthya S Okay of District Child Protection Unit, who extensively works amongst each intercourse abuse and substance abuse victims, says household and academics play an important position in prevention.

    “Most of the time, the teachers and parents are too much into academics and fail to notice whether the child is having any deviance. Only when the child gets into trouble, the teachers and parents realize that the kind of teaching or parenting they have been giving is not appropriate for the particular child,” Avanthya stated.

    She says the dad and mom ought to preserve an in depth relationship with their kids, observe them carefully and may examine their belongings, together with baggage completely commonly.

    “Most of these substances are psycho-active drugs. It can affect and alter the brain chemistry of the child. That really makes the child abnormal and on a later stage, hallucinations start to set in. Children will then have abnormal and strained relationships,” she added.

    Police stated Kerala is now dealing with a state of affairs that the Punjab had unsuccessfully fought for the previous a number of years.

    But the state authorities has resolved to battle the menace extra vigorously, launching an enormous anti-drug marketing campaign by coordinating numerous departments together with police and excise departments.

    As a end result there’s a fivefold improve within the variety of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) instances registered within the state and within the variety of individuals arrested.

    The police have recognized 1377 black spots, that are the nerve centre of drug trafficking actions beneath the jurisdiction of 472 police stations within the state.

    In 2022, the Kerala police registered 25,240 NDPS instances and arrested 29,514 accused in comparison with the 5334 instances registered in 2021 and 6704 accused arrested in 2021, reveals a doc.

    “There is a huge jump in seizure of synthetic drugs like MDMA in 2022. Compared to the 2.739 kg MDMA seizure in 2021, police managed to seize 14.032 kg MDMA during 2022. In 2022, 1.223 kg of brown sugar and 35.942 kg of hashish or hashish oil were also seized”, it says.

  • Assam: Guards reject bribe, seize occasion drug value Rs 40 crore

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI:  Two Assam Home Guards spurned a proposal of Rs 20 lakh from a smuggler and seized over 7.59 lakh contraband Yaba tablets value Rs 40 crore within the worldwide market. This is claimed to be the largest ever seizure of Yaba tablets within the state. The restoration was made in Karimganj district of the Barak Valley within the wee hours of Tuesday. 

    The consignment was being smuggled in a automotive. The police arrested the driving force, Hafij Uddin (36). He is a resident of Sombaribazar of Badarpur within the district. Additional Superintendent of Police Partha Pratim Das advised journalists that the seizure was made by Home Guards Anupam Malakar and Jashim Uddin. “Altogether 7,59,200 Yaba tablets were seized. We have never heard of a seizure of such a huge quantity of Yaba tablets in one operation,” Das mentioned.

    According to the Karimganj Police, Malakar and Jashim Uddin could be suitably rewarded together with two Village Defence Party (VDP) members, Amiyo Paul and Dipankar Paul, who assisted through the seizure of the contraband. Jashim Uddin mentioned he and Malakar have been on an evening patrol obligation once they noticed a car approaching them.

    “We signalled it to stop but it sped away. We chased it and saw it left abandoned. We then contacted the two VDP members. The driver reached me by contacting one of the VDP members over the phone. He asked us to release the car along with the consignment and offered Rs 20 lakh for it. But I said I cannot talk over the phone and asked him to come to the spot. When he came, we arrested him,” Jashim Uddin advised the media.

    The Karimganj Police mentioned it was praiseworthy that the 2 dwelling guards carried out their obligation diligently and ignored the smuggler’s supply. The police mentioned all these concerned within the smuggling of the contraband, together with the opposite occupants of the automotive who managed to flee, could be arrested.

    An investigation into the case underneath Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is underway, Das added. The operation has drawn reward from Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. “Patrolling team was offered Rs 20 lakhs by driver to release the vehicle, which it rejected, displaying great honesty and dedication to service. The team will be rewarded by Assam government for its loyalty (sic),” Sarma tweeted.

    GUWAHATI:  Two Assam Home Guards spurned a proposal of Rs 20 lakh from a smuggler and seized over 7.59 lakh contraband Yaba tablets value Rs 40 crore within the worldwide market. This is claimed to be the largest ever seizure of Yaba tablets within the state. The restoration was made in Karimganj district of the Barak Valley within the wee hours of Tuesday. 

    The consignment was being smuggled in a automotive. The police arrested the driving force, Hafij Uddin (36). He is a resident of Sombaribazar of Badarpur within the district. Additional Superintendent of Police Partha Pratim Das advised journalists that the seizure was made by Home Guards Anupam Malakar and Jashim Uddin. “Altogether 7,59,200 Yaba tablets were seized. We have never heard of a seizure of such a huge quantity of Yaba tablets in one operation,” Das mentioned.

    According to the Karimganj Police, Malakar and Jashim Uddin could be suitably rewarded together with two Village Defence Party (VDP) members, Amiyo Paul and Dipankar Paul, who assisted through the seizure of the contraband. Jashim Uddin mentioned he and Malakar have been on an evening patrol obligation once they noticed a car approaching them.

    “We signalled it to stop but it sped away. We chased it and saw it left abandoned. We then contacted the two VDP members. The driver reached me by contacting one of the VDP members over the phone. He asked us to release the car along with the consignment and offered Rs 20 lakh for it. But I said I cannot talk over the phone and asked him to come to the spot. When he came, we arrested him,” Jashim Uddin advised the media.

    The Karimganj Police mentioned it was praiseworthy that the 2 dwelling guards carried out their obligation diligently and ignored the smuggler’s supply. The police mentioned all these concerned within the smuggling of the contraband, together with the opposite occupants of the automotive who managed to flee, could be arrested.

    An investigation into the case underneath Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is underway, Das added. The operation has drawn reward from Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. “Patrolling team was offered Rs 20 lakhs by driver to release the vehicle, which it rejected, displaying great honesty and dedication to service. The team will be rewarded by Assam government for its loyalty (sic),” Sarma tweeted.

  • ‘Drugs made in Punjab labs, sent to Chandigarh clubs’

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH:  This drug ring unfold its tentacles from Dubai, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In India, the racket carried the stuff to Ludhiana in Punjab, by way of J&Ok, the place it was processed in ‘labs’ owned by two Afghan nationals staying on medical visas. The actual shock for sleuths got here when aides have been discovered supplying medication to nightclubs and eating places in Chandigarh.

    The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) stated on Monday it has arrested 16 suspects in the previous couple of days after busting a global drug syndicate. NCB sources stated the suspects have been linked to teams in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and UP’s Muzaffarnagar. NCB deputy director normal (northern area) Gyaneshwar Singh stated the suspects have been discovered with over 34 kg heroin, 5 kg morphine, 23.645 kg suspected narcotics powder, opium in addition to different substances and ammunition.

    The NCB stated the drug ring had hyperlinks to a earlier case in Shaheen Bagh and UP cities from the place over 150kg of medicine have been recovered by Gujarat’s Anti-Terrorism Squad and Delhi Police. “This group exploited authorized channels to smuggle medication. Investigation confirmed that some importers gave them cowl by giving them authorized papers,’’ Singh stated.

    CHANDIGARH:  This drug ring unfold its tentacles from Dubai, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. In India, the racket carried the stuff to Ludhiana in Punjab, by way of J&Ok, the place it was processed in ‘labs’ owned by two Afghan nationals staying on medical visas. The actual shock for sleuths got here when aides have been discovered supplying medication to nightclubs and eating places in Chandigarh.

    The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) stated on Monday it has arrested 16 suspects in the previous couple of days after busting a global drug syndicate. NCB sources stated the suspects have been linked to teams in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and UP’s Muzaffarnagar. NCB deputy director normal (northern area) Gyaneshwar Singh stated the suspects have been discovered with over 34 kg heroin, 5 kg morphine, 23.645 kg suspected narcotics powder, opium in addition to different substances and ammunition.

    The NCB stated the drug ring had hyperlinks to a earlier case in Shaheen Bagh and UP cities from the place over 150kg of medicine have been recovered by Gujarat’s Anti-Terrorism Squad and Delhi Police. “This group exploited authorized channels to smuggle medication. Investigation confirmed that some importers gave them cowl by giving them authorized papers,’’ Singh stated.

  • We’ve mapped drug networks throughout the states: Shah in Lok Sabha

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday mentioned the battle in opposition to medication was delicately poised and urged states to combat the menace along with the central authorities, maintaining apart politics.

    Responding to a short-duration dialogue within the Lok Sabha on the drug-abuse drawback within the nation and steps taken by the federal government to manage it, Shah mentioned the Modi authorities has zero tolerance coverage in the direction of medication and vowed to place behind bars drug merchants, howsoever huge, within the subsequent two years.

    “We have mapped the drug network across the states. No matter how big the criminal is, in the next two years there will be a situation that they will be behind bars,” Shah mentioned.

    He mentioned the problem of drug menace is a critical one as earnings from this commerce are additionally used to finance the acts of terror.

    He mentioned the presence of soiled cash additionally destroys economic system and the federal government will depart no stone unturned in reaching the goal of medication free India.

    Shah mentioned Rs 97,000 crore value medication have been destroyed between 2014 and 2022 whereas Rs 23,000 crore medication have been seized between 2006 and 2013 and the federal government will carry ahead its marketing campaign in opposition to medication with gusto.

    On the seizure of three,000 kg medication in Gujarat, he mentioned it was a mirrored image of the state authorities’s pro-active motion in opposition to the menace.

    He mentioned all these concerned within the smuggling of the medication have been arrested.

    The supply of medication was traced to some Gulf international locations and motion has been taken to make sure that the factories have been shut down, he mentioned, including the consignment was seized because of the scientific surveillance mounted by the Customs division and allied companies.

    Referring to the row over the powers given to the border guarding forces to register circumstances alongside the worldwide borders, the house minister mentioned those that have been making political points out of it have been supporters of drug commerce.

    NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday mentioned the battle in opposition to medication was delicately poised and urged states to combat the menace along with the central authorities, maintaining apart politics.

    Responding to a short-duration dialogue within the Lok Sabha on the drug-abuse drawback within the nation and steps taken by the federal government to manage it, Shah mentioned the Modi authorities has zero tolerance coverage in the direction of medication and vowed to place behind bars drug merchants, howsoever huge, within the subsequent two years.

    “We have mapped the drug network across the states. No matter how big the criminal is, in the next two years there will be a situation that they will be behind bars,” Shah mentioned.

    He mentioned the problem of drug menace is a critical one as earnings from this commerce are additionally used to finance the acts of terror.

    He mentioned the presence of soiled cash additionally destroys economic system and the federal government will depart no stone unturned in reaching the goal of medication free India.

    Shah mentioned Rs 97,000 crore value medication have been destroyed between 2014 and 2022 whereas Rs 23,000 crore medication have been seized between 2006 and 2013 and the federal government will carry ahead its marketing campaign in opposition to medication with gusto.

    On the seizure of three,000 kg medication in Gujarat, he mentioned it was a mirrored image of the state authorities’s pro-active motion in opposition to the menace.

    He mentioned all these concerned within the smuggling of the medication have been arrested.

    The supply of medication was traced to some Gulf international locations and motion has been taken to make sure that the factories have been shut down, he mentioned, including the consignment was seized because of the scientific surveillance mounted by the Customs division and allied companies.

    Referring to the row over the powers given to the border guarding forces to register circumstances alongside the worldwide borders, the house minister mentioned those that have been making political points out of it have been supporters of drug commerce.

  • ISRO’s satellite tv for pc photographs present how drug trafficker constructed bungalow in Gujarat village

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Thanks to satellite tv for pc photographs offered by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has been capable of set up how an alleged drug trafficker constructed a palatial bungalow in a Gujarat village through the use of his ill-gotten wealth.

    Isa Rao, who’s absconding, is without doubt one of the important accused within the seizure of heroin price Rs 600 crore by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) in Morbi district of the state in November 2021. The probe was later handed over to the NCB.

    Satellite photographs offered by ISRO’s Advanced Data Processing Research Institute (ADRIN) confirmed how he developed his property at Jodia village in Devbhumi-Dwarka district over three years and constructed a bungalow price greater than Rs 50 lakh, stated a senior NCB official on Wednesday.

    The photographs confirmed the phases of building from 2019, he stated.

    “Investigation revealed that the property was developed using the money Rao made from the drug trade. As his family was not cooperating with the investigation, we used satellite images to establish that this property was developed over three years. The house has been now seized for being `proceeds of crime’,” stated the official.

    Rao is at the moment believed to be in Karachi, Pakistan.

    In November 2021, the Gujarat ATS seized 120 kg of heroin, valued at Rs 600 crore in international markets, from an under-construction home at Zinzuda village in Morbi district and arrested three individuals together with Isa Rao’s brother Mukhtar Hussein.

    The medicine had been despatched by Rao’s Pakistani associates by sea route and initially hidden within the coastal space close to Salaya in Devbhumi Dwarka district earlier than being moved to Zinzuda, the ATS stated.

    AHMEDABAD: Thanks to satellite tv for pc photographs offered by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has been capable of set up how an alleged drug trafficker constructed a palatial bungalow in a Gujarat village through the use of his ill-gotten wealth.

    Isa Rao, who’s absconding, is without doubt one of the important accused within the seizure of heroin price Rs 600 crore by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) in Morbi district of the state in November 2021. The probe was later handed over to the NCB.

    Satellite photographs offered by ISRO’s Advanced Data Processing Research Institute (ADRIN) confirmed how he developed his property at Jodia village in Devbhumi-Dwarka district over three years and constructed a bungalow price greater than Rs 50 lakh, stated a senior NCB official on Wednesday.

    The photographs confirmed the phases of building from 2019, he stated.

    “Investigation revealed that the property was developed using the money Rao made from the drug trade. As his family was not cooperating with the investigation, we used satellite images to establish that this property was developed over three years. The house has been now seized for being `proceeds of crime’,” stated the official.

    Rao is at the moment believed to be in Karachi, Pakistan.

    In November 2021, the Gujarat ATS seized 120 kg of heroin, valued at Rs 600 crore in international markets, from an under-construction home at Zinzuda village in Morbi district and arrested three individuals together with Isa Rao’s brother Mukhtar Hussein.

    The medicine had been despatched by Rao’s Pakistani associates by sea route and initially hidden within the coastal space close to Salaya in Devbhumi Dwarka district earlier than being moved to Zinzuda, the ATS stated.

  • ‘Tell us what number of drug mafias you caught via Pegasus’: Congress MP asks Shah

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took exception to Congress member Gaurav Gogoi’s allegation that authorities snoops on politicians with Israeli spyware and adware Pegasus and requested him to provide proof of the declare, saying the home was not meant for “reckless politics.”

    Congress member Gaurav Gogoi, whereas collaborating in a dialogue in Lok Sabha on drug menace on Wednesday, sought to know from the federal government concerning the form of surveillance mechanism it has in place on the nation’s land and sea borders, in addition to worldwide airports, to examine the entry of contraband into the nation.

    The Congress member additionally sought to know from the Home Minister as to what sort of surveillance and intelligence mechanisms are in place to examine the arms smuggling, human trafficking, and smuggling of animal components on the India-Myanmar border.

    ‘”You snoop on us again and again, install Pegasus on our phones and that of the journalists,” Gogoi charged. “You tell us how many drug mafias you have caught through Pegasus so far,” Gogoi requested Shah.

    Objecting to the Congress member’s remarks, Shah requested Gogoi to submit in the home the proof of his accusation. “He has levelled a very serious allegation that Pegasus has been installed in his mobile. He must submit here the basis (of his accusation) in the House. Either his words are removed or he must submit the basis,” Shah mentioned.

    “The House is for serious discussion, not for reckless politics,” he added.

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    Gogoi urged Speaker Om Birla to subject an order if he made any mistake in asking the federal government to inform the House if it makes use of Pegasus for surveillance or not.

    “He has said (Pegasus was) used on him. He must submit facts. He can’t just talk like this. Rest the Supreme Court has decided,” Shah mentioned referring to the apex courtroom’s resolution on the Pegasus spyware and adware matter.

    “What can we do if you also do not read like your leader,” he additionally mentioned, hitting out at Gogoi over his remarks Intervening, the Speaker advised the members that it’s going to improve the dignity of the House in the event that they make their factors with info and proof.

    “This is my request,” he added.

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    NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took exception to Congress member Gaurav Gogoi’s allegation that authorities snoops on politicians with Israeli spyware and adware Pegasus and requested him to provide proof of the declare, saying the home was not meant for “reckless politics.”

    Congress member Gaurav Gogoi, whereas collaborating in a dialogue in Lok Sabha on drug menace on Wednesday, sought to know from the federal government concerning the form of surveillance mechanism it has in place on the nation’s land and sea borders, in addition to worldwide airports, to examine the entry of contraband into the nation.

    The Congress member additionally sought to know from the Home Minister as to what sort of surveillance and intelligence mechanisms are in place to examine the arms smuggling, human trafficking, and smuggling of animal components on the India-Myanmar border.

    ‘”You snoop on us again and again, install Pegasus on our phones and that of the journalists,” Gogoi charged. “You tell us how many drug mafias you have caught through Pegasus so far,” Gogoi requested Shah.

    Objecting to the Congress member’s remarks, Shah requested Gogoi to submit in the home the proof of his accusation. “He has levelled a very serious allegation that Pegasus has been installed in his mobile. He must submit here the basis (of his accusation) in the House. Either his words are removed or he must submit the basis,” Shah mentioned.

    “The House is for serious discussion, not for reckless politics,” he added.

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    Gogoi urged Speaker Om Birla to subject an order if he made any mistake in asking the federal government to inform the House if it makes use of Pegasus for surveillance or not.

    “He has said (Pegasus was) used on him. He must submit facts. He can’t just talk like this. Rest the Supreme Court has decided,” Shah mentioned referring to the apex courtroom’s resolution on the Pegasus spyware and adware matter.

    “What can we do if you also do not read like your leader,” he additionally mentioned, hitting out at Gogoi over his remarks Intervening, the Speaker advised the members that it’s going to improve the dignity of the House in the event that they make their factors with info and proof.

    “This is my request,” he added.

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  • US basketball star Brittney Griner launched from Russian jail in change for arms seller

    American basketball star Brittney Griner was launched from a Russian jail in a swap for an arms seller after negotiations. Griner was arrested in Russia on drug prices.

    Brittney Griner is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, WNBA champion and LGBT trailblazer. (Photo: AFP)

    By Agence France-Presse: American basketball star Brittney Griner was launched from a Russian jail on Thursday in a swap for an arms seller generally known as the “Merchant of Death” after what President Joe Biden known as “painstaking and intense” negotiations.

    Griner, 32, who was arrested in Russia in February on drug prices, and Viktor Bout, 55, who was serving a 25-year sentence in a US jail, had been exchanged at an airport in Abu Dhabi.

    In footage launched by Russian state media, Griner, shorn of her distinctive dreadlocks, and a relaxed and animated Bout might be seen crossing paths on the airport tarmac and heading in the direction of the planes that will take them residence.

    Biden introduced Griner’s launch in an deal with to the nation on the White House. “She is safe. She is on a plane. She is on her way home,” he stated.

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    The president stated he had spoken to her and he or she was in “good spirits” after struggling “needless trauma.”

    Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, WNBA champion and LGBT trailblazer, was arrested at a Moscow airport 9 months in the past in opposition to a backdrop of hovering tensions over Ukraine.

    She was accused of possession of vape cartridges with a small amount of hashish oil and sentenced in August to 9 years in jail.

    Bout, who was accused of arming rebels in a few of the world’s bloodiest conflicts, was detained in a US sting operation in Thailand in 2008, extradited to the United States and sentenced in 2012 to 25 years behind bars.

    While Griner’s household and associates celebrated her launch, one other American held in Russia, Paul Whelan, a former US Marine detained in 2018 and accused of spying, was not a part of Thursday’s change and he advised CNN he was “greatly disappointed.”
    “I don’t understand why I’m still sitting here,” Whelan advised the US tv community in a cellphone name from the Russian penal colony the place he’s imprisoned.

    Biden pledged to acquire Whelan’s freedom, saying “we will never give up.”

    “Sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons, Russia is treating Paul’s case different than Brittney’s,” he stated.

    As for Griner’s launch, Biden stated “this is a day we’ve worked toward for a long time. It took painstaking and intense negotiations.”

    FAMILY IS WHOLE

    Biden made the announcement flanked by Griner’s spouse, Cherelle Griner, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

    “I’m just standing here, overwhelmed with emotions,” Cherelle Griner stated.

    She additionally acknowledged Whelan’s destiny, saying: “Today my family is whole, but as you all are aware there’s so many other families who are not whole.”
    WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert stated there was a “collective wave of joy and relief” within the girls’s skilled league the place the 6’9″ (2.06 meter) Griner has been a star for a decade with the Phoenix Mercury.

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    Biden thanked the United Arab Emirates for helping “facilitate” Griner’s release and the UAE issued a joint statement with Saudi Arabia saying it was the result of “mediation efforts” by leaders of the two Arab nations.

    White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, however, there was “no mediation concerned” and “the one nations that negotiated this deal had been the United States and Russia.”

    “We are grateful to the UAE… for facilitating using their territory for the change to happen,” Jean-Piere said, and to other countries such as Saudi Arabia for raising the issue of detained Americans with Russia.

    RESCUE OUR COMPATRIOT

    At the time of her arrest, Griner had been playing for a professional team in Russia, as a number of WNBA players do in the off-season.

    She pleaded guilty to the charges against her, but said she did not intend to break the law or use the banned substance in Russia.

    Griner testified that she had permission from a US doctor to use medicinal cannabis to relieve pain from her many injuries.
    The use of medical marijuana is not allowed in Russia.

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    The Russian foreign ministry said it had been negotiating with Washington to secure Bout’s release “for a very long time” and that initially the United States had “refused dialogue” on including him in any swap.

    “Nevertheless, the Russian Federation continued to actively work to rescue our compatriot,” it said. “The Russian citizen has been returned to his homeland.”

    The 2005 film “Lord of War” starring Nicolas Cage was based in part on Bout’s arms trafficking exploits and he has been the subject of several books and TV shows.

    Asked about Bout’s release, a senior US defense official said “there’s a concern that he would return to doing the identical sort of work that he is accomplished prior to now.”

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    Dec 9, 2022