In a major drug bust on Thursday evening, law enforcement officials confiscated 200 kg of cocaine from west Delhi, with an estimated street value of Rs 2,000 crore. According to a police official, this marks the second largest seizure of cocaine within a week.Currently, a raid is being conducted in the Ramesh Nagar area of…
The joint operation, conducted by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad and Narcotics Control Bureau, highlights the law enforcement agencies’ continuous efforts in combating drug trafficking and abuse, aiming for a safer and healthier India. NEW DELHI: Authorities have confiscated drugs and raw materials valued at Rs 1,814 crore from a factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been released from police custody in France and transferred to court for further questioning , days after his arrest at a Paris airport, according to CNN. As per the Paris prosecutor’s office, the Russian-born billionaire will now face “initial questioning and possible indictment” at a court in the French capital.Notably,…
RAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve of a drug-free India is now becoming the vow of every citizen of the country, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Raipur on Sunday.Illegal trade of narcotics is a threat to the nation, and the money earned from this crime is used to promote terrorism and Naxalism, and…
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the cartel’s other co-founder, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, were arrested in El Paso, Texas. The arrest of Ismael Zambada García, a major Sinaloa Cartel leader who had dodged authorities for years, unfolded unexpectedly at a small airport near El…
Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, co-founder of the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and the son of his former partner, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the two top leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, are now in US custody. They were arrested in Texas, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement on Thursday.“Ismael Zambada Garcia, or…
NEW DELHI: As part of its crackdown on narco-smuggling, govt on Thursday announced a switch to a “duty-to-share” protocol to make agencies exchange crucial information on drug trafficking.Union home minister Amit Shah emphasised that profits generated from narco-smuggling mark the “most serious security threat” as he called for a rigorous review of financial investigations into…
NEW DELHI: Working on information shared by the US authorities, Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Banmeet Singh, an accused in an international drug trafficking network, who was earlier convicted and had served a five-year prison term in the US. He has been remanded to ED custody for seven days by a special court in Dehradun….
NEW DELHI: A 40-year-old Indian national, Banmeet Singh, has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling controlled substances on dark web marketplaces. He was ordered to forfeit approximately USD 150 million. Singh, who hails from Haldwani, was arrested in April 2019 in London at the request of the US. In March 2023, he…
CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) began searches in about 35 places in the city linked to international drug trafficking accused Jaffer Sadiq on Tuesday morning. The searches started around 7 am and ED teams reached Jaffer Sadiq’s house in Santhome. The office of film director Ameer, who was recently questioned by NCB in Delhi for…
