Tag: Narcotics

After the Tripura High Court's observations in June this year, the government had to bring this amendment through the Ordinance as the Parliament was not in session, she said, adding that other High Courts had asked for corrections in 2014, and 2017.

In a major drug haul, Excise department officials in Balasore's Jaleswar seized 150 gram of brown sugar worth around Rs 15 Lakh at Chalanti Square along NH-60 in the area on Thursday (Aug 26).

Following the launch of operation 'White Spider', the Bhubaneswar Police on Monday issued a Whatsapp number for the public to inform them about the illegal drug trade in Smart City

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its crackdown on illegal smuggling of narcotics, excise sleuths today seized brown sugar worth lakhs of rupees from a slum in Bhubaneswar and arrested two persons in connection with the case. Acting on a tip off,  the officials conducted surprise raids at Keutasahi in Haladipadia under Laxmisagar police limits of the city and […]

Bargarh: A lot of people may remember the raids conducted on jails across Odisha last year in which a large haul of narcotics and other objectionable items were seized. It was a warning for jail authorities to mend their ways but it seems to have had no effect on the authorities and inmates of Bargarh […]

New Delhi: India and Uzbekistan set an annual bilateral trade target of $1 billion to be achieved within two years and agreed to boost connectivity as the two sides signed 17 agreements across a range of sectors following delegation-level talks led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev here at Delhi today. […]

Kolkata: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence sleuths have busted a Odisha-based narcotics syndicate by arresting eight persons and seized 120 kg of ganja from them, a DRI release said on Saturday. Acting on a tip off that a syndicate based in Odisha would be transporting narcotics and carrying the illegal contraband in a car moving from […]

Balasore:  Illicit narcotics trade is now flourishing in Odisha’s Balasore district which has turned into a narcotics haven in the State. It is from Balasore that brown sugar is smuggled from neighbouring States including West Bengal and supplied to different parts of the State. Launching a major crackdown, Sahadevkhunta Police seized 302 grams of brown […]

Kochi: The Indian Navy has seized narcotics worth Rs 3,000 crore from a fishing vessel, suspected to be of foreign origin, in the Arabian sea, a Defence spokesman said here…

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch is now on a mission mode to wipe out illegal narcotics trade in Odisha. The probe agency on Thursday seized Brown Sugar weighing 1 kg 310 grams following a raid in Khordha district. A peddler, identified as SK Anwar of Kaipadar area has been arrested in […]

Koraput: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Mumbai (Nagpur branch) has picked up a person from Jeypore of Koraput district in connection with a narcotics case. A team of the ATS led by Sub-Inspector Ashish Thakur with assistance from local Sadar Police conducted a raid at Kalaguda village on Saturday night. During the raid, the team […]

Koraput: In a major crackdown on illegal narcotics trade, over 700 kilograms of Ganja (dry cannabis) has been seized following raids by Lamtaput and Padua police in Koraput district in the past 24 hours. The market price of the seized narcotics is said to be around Rs 70 lakh. As per reports, two teams led […]