Foreigners in Goa under ‘unobtrusive surveillance’
July 20th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 20 (IANS) The Goa government has put foreigners under "unobtrusive surveillance" along with other suspected drug peddlers to stop proliferation of drugs in the state, Chief Minister Manohar ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers held in Delhi
July 15th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Two people, including a health sector activist from Bihar, were arrested here and 10 kg of charas worth Rs.10 lakh recovered, police said Sunday."Ram ... Read more...
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61-year-old peddler arrested with drugs worth Rs.3 crore
July 13th, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) A 61-year-old man, facing trial in two cases of drug peddling, has been arrested here with heroin worth Rs.3 crore in international market, police said ... Read more...
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Goa Police to probe African drug peddlers’ nexus
June 13th, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 13 (IANS) The Goa Police are probing a suspected African drug peddlers' nexus after a Ugandan national was caught from a Hyderabad rave party last week with a ... Read more...
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Gurgaon police bust drug gang
May 25th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, May 25 (IANS) Police Friday said they had busted a gang of drug peddlers with the arrest of two people including a Nigerian.Nigerian Henry North and Raghavendra Kumar Jha ... Read more...
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Nigerian arrested with cocaine in Delhi
May 18th, 2012 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) A 32-year-old Nigerian was arrested for drug trafficking and cocaine worth over Rs. 1 crore seized from him, police said Thursday.Sunday Joseph was arrested Tuesday ... Read more...
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36 foreign drug peddlers held this year
May 8th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Thirty-six foreign nationals have been arrested and 1,166 kg of narcotics seized this year till March, Minister of State for Home Affairs Mullapally Ramachandran told ... Read more...
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Probe ordered against Punjab jail official
May 7th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 7 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday ordered a probe against a jail official in Bathinda town after he was caught red-handed while selling drugs to inmates in the ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers jailed for 10 years
April 24th, 2012 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Two men, arrested in September 2009 for possessing 58 kg of cannabis, have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a court here.Special Narcotic Drugs ... Read more...
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Interstate narcotic syndicate busted in Delhi
March 10th, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Delhi police have busted an interstate narcotic drugs syndicate and arrested three people in this connection, police said Saturday.The accused, identified as Rafique (30), the ... Read more...
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3,000 arrested in Bangladesh
March 10th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 10 (IANS) Over 3,000 people have been arrested till Saturday from all over Bangladesh ahead of a rally planned for March 12 by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist ... Read more...
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‘Force’ - action speaks louder than words (IANS Movie Review - Rating: ***)
October 1st, 2011 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Force"; Cast: John Abraham, Genelia D'Souza and Vidyut Jamwal; Director: Nishikant Kamat; Rating: ***A raw rugged cop's tale of vicious vendetta fused into a tender romance seems like a ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers held in Uttar Pradesh
September 9th, 2011 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Two drug peddlers working for a Nepal-based racket involved in supplying narcotics to various Indian states have been arrested with cannabis worth around Rs.20 lakh ... Read more...
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Two arrested with Rs.1 crore-worth heroin
August 20th, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Two drug peddlers, who operated in various states of the country, were Saturday arrested in Uttar Pradesh with heroin worth over Rs.1 crore, police said.The two ... Read more...
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Drug-addict siblings held for burglary
July 21st, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A brother and sister duo, in their 20s, was arrested here for carrying out a burglary, police said Thursday. The two committed many petty crimes ... Read more...
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Three held with 45 kg of opium
July 1st, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Three people have been arrested for drug peddling and 45 kg of opium worth more than Rs.27 lakh has been seized from them, police said ... Read more...
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Three drug peddlers held
May 19th, 2011 - 2:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) An inter-state drug trafficking racket has been busted with the arrest of three peddlers here, police said Wednesday.The accused were arrested Tuesday near Haiderpur water ... Read more...
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Punjab MP ends fast after Badal assurance
May 6th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, May 6 (IANS) Congress MP and Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) president Ravnit Singh Bittu Friday ended his six-day-old hunger strike Friday following a written assurance by Punjab Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Youth Congress members on fast against drug abuse
May 1st, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, May 1 (IANS) Punjab Youth Congress (PYC) activists Sunday started a hunger strike here against drug abuse, particularly among youth.State Youth Congress president and MP Ravneet Singh Bittu led ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers nabbed with Rs.1 crore-worth heroin
April 19th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 19 (IANS) Two drug peddlers, who operated in various states of the country, were arrested here Tuesday carrying heroin worth around Rs.1 crore, police said.The two ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers held for murder
April 15th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Two drug peddlers have been here for killing another drug peddler in Bihar to avenge his tip-off that got their relative arrested, police said Thursday."Shyam ... Read more...
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Six drug peddlers arrested
March 29th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), March 29 (IANS) Six people, among them four women, involved in a Nepal-based racket supplying illegal drugs, were arrested here with cannabis worth around Rs.25 lakh, ... Read more...
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Goa police do not have list of drug traffickers
March 17th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, March 17 (IANS) The police in Goa -- primarily dependent on tourism -- have no list of drug traffickers operating in the coastal state, home minister Ravi Naik ... Read more...
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Two cops booked for driving colleague to suicide
March 2nd, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), March 2 (IANS) Two Punjab Police officers were booked Wednesday for abetting a colleague's suicide, police said.Jaswinder Pal Singh, assistant sub-inspector at Guraya police station in Jalandhar, committed ... Read more...
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Two women held with cannabis worth Rs.3 crore
February 24th, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 24 (IANS) Two women drug peddlers, who operated in various states of the country, were arrested in this Uttar Pradesh district Thursday with cannabis worth around Rs.3 crore, ... Read more...
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Three arrested with drugs worth Rs.1 crore
February 7th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7 (IANS) Three drug peddlers, who worked for a Nepal-based racket, have been arrested here with banned drugs worth over Rs.1 crore, police said Monday.The three Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Iran hangs dozens of drug peddlers
January 30th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 30 (IANS) The Iranian government has hanged dozens of drug traffickers in the first month of 2011 and vowed to pursue its anti-drug trafficking campaign. The latest one to be ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers held with heroin worth over Rs.1 crore
January 29th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 29 (IANS) Two inter-state drug peddlers have been arrested here with heroin worth over Rs.1 crore, police said Saturday.The two men, in their late 20s and natives of ... Read more...
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Mexican gangs catapult drugs into US
January 29th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Hermosillo, Jan 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mexican drug peddlers are doing everything possible to ensure that their illegal business thrives.In a new move, the peddlers are now catapulting drugs into the United States. ... Read more...
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Two drug peddlers nabbed with Rs.50 lakh worth heroin
January 21st, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 21 (IANS) Two drug peddlers who operated in various states have been arrested here with heroin worth around Rs.50 lakh ($109,000), police said Friday.The two men, who hail ... Read more...
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Goa drug nexus: Arunachal police officer may be summoned
January 20th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 20 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh police officer Veenu Bansal, responsible for the arrest of a notorious Israeli drug dealer in Goa last year, could be summoned in connection with the police-politician-drug ... Read more...
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Two robbers held in west Delhi
January 19th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) A youth, who wanted to buy new clothes and shoes for his brother's wedding, robbed a person early Wednesday in west Delhi but was arrested along with ... Read more...
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Three drug peddlers held with Rs.1 crore smack
January 12th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 12 (IANS) Three drug peddlers were arrested with around 1.25 kg smack - a highly addictive morphine derivative - worth around Rs.1 crore in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district, police said ... Read more...
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Pak Taliban chop tribesman’s hand in Orakzai for alleged theft
January 4th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by ANI
Kalaya, Jan 4 (ANI): In an act of sheer brutality, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chopped off a tribesman's hand after a so-called "Shariat" court of the banned group found him "guilty" ... Read more...
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Man held with heroin worth Rs.1 crore in Uttar Pradesh
January 1st, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 1 (IANS) A drug peddler was arrested with heroin worth around Rs.1 crore in Chanduali district in Uttar Pradesh, the police said Saturday.Azad, aged about 25, was nabbed late ... Read more...
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