Psychotropic drug seized, one held in Auroville

Psychotropic drug seized, one held in Auroville

The Narcotics Control Bureau seized 785 gms of Tramadol, a psychotropic drug in Auroville and arrested one accused from Puducherry in connection with the case. Police sources said the accused S. Manikandan (34) of Orleanpet in Puducherry operated a pharmacy in Chinna Mudaliyar Chavady and allegedly supplied the drugs to various contacts. Following a tip-off, … Read more

Drugs seized off Kerala coast worth more than cumulative narcotics seizure value under UPA, says Amit Shah

Drugs seized off Kerala coast worth more than cumulative narcotics seizure value under UPA, says Amit Shah

Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Amit Shah at the foundation stone laying of the campus of National Academy of Coastal Policing (NACP), in Dwarka on May 21. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the value of the recent drug seizure off the Kerala coast was more than … Read more

Drug trafficking: NCB organises SCO meet on “precursor control”

Drug trafficking: NCB organises SCO meet on “precursor control”

An array of posters against drug abuse are displayed at the Government General Hospital at Kozhikode beach. File photo | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday, Janury 18, 2023, organised a virtual Expert Working Group Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member-countries on the issue of “precursor control”. The … Read more

Nawab Malik says NCB wants to take over ‘top five’ drug cases from Maharashtra police, questions motive

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Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on Friday said the NCB has asked the state police’s Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) to transfer its “top five cases” to the central agency, and questioned the Union government’s intentions. The Narcotics Control Bureau‘s (NCB) letter to the ANC attributed the decision to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he claimed in … Read more

Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana appointed Delhi Police Commissioner

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Rakesh Asthana, a senior IPS officer of Gujarat cadre, was appointed as the Commissioner of Delhi Police on Tuesday. According to a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order, Asthana, currently serving as Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), will join as the Delhi Police Commissioner with immediate effect. The appointment of Asthana, a … Read more

Arjun Rampal questioned by NCB, says he has ‘nothing to do with drugs’

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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal was questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drug- related probe for around seven hours on Friday. The NCB, which questioned Rampal’s partner Gabriella Demetriades on Wednesday and Thursday, has also arrested his friend Paul Bartel, an official of the central agency said. “I have nothing to do … Read more

Bineesh Kodiyeri remitted huge unaccounted funds into drug peddler’s account: ED

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Bengaluru | New Delhi: A day after it arrested Bineesh Kodiyeri, the son of Kerala CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, the ED said on Friday that he allegedly credited “huge amount of unaccounted funds” into the bank accounts of a drug peddler. Bineesh was arrested by the central probe agency under the anti-money laundering law in … Read more

Narcotics Bureau reveals Rhea Chakraborty was using Sushant’s funds to procure drugs, shares conversations with actor’s caretaker

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In a fresh development in the Sushant Singh Rajput case, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has revealed that Rhea Chakraborty, with whom the actor was in a relationship at the time of his death, was using his funds to procure drugs. According to a report in Times Now, the NCB has said that Chakraborty was … Read more