Two Myanmar nationals held with suspected heroin in ManipurManipur police apprehended two Myanmar nationals carrying suspected heroin. In a separate event, Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla honored various...
06 May, 2026, 07.15 PM IST
Amit Shah vows ruthless crackdown as NCB busts Rs 1,745 crore cocaine haul in MumbaiIndia is intensifying its fight against drug cartels. The Narcotics Control Bureau recently seized a massive cocaine shipment in Mumbai. Th...
01 May, 2026, 11.43 AM IST
Dawood aide Salim Dola brought to India from Turkiye in major NCB global crackdownMohammed Salim Dola, a key associate of Dawood Ibrahim, has been brought to India from Turkiye. The Narcotics Control Bureau took him into ...
29 Apr, 2026, 12.33 AM IST
NCB Imphal Zonal Unit busts major heroin trafficking network in ManipurA major drug bust occurred in Manipur. Narcotics Control Bureau, Assam Rifles, and Manipur Police seized heroin valued at ₹8.5 crore. Two i...
28 Apr, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
NCB highlights six-fold rise in trafficking of synthetic drugs since 2019The report notes that use of courier, bitcoins, crypto currency and dark web has increased since Covid-19 pandemic. Courier, parcel and pos...
18 Sep, 2025, 12.23 AM IST
Predator Drones helped India uncover drug off Kerala-Gujarat coast, Lanka, MaldivesOperation ‘Samudragupta’ carried out by Narcotics Control Bureau & Indian Navy; surveillance maintained using medium-altitude and long-endu...
23 Jun, 2023, 01.08 PM IST
Terrorists relying on cybercrime for funding since Covid-19: APG ReportThe report also listed case studies from member countries, including India and Pakistan, involving money laundering and terrorist financing.
01 Sep, 2022, 12.20 AM IST
Drug seizures in India in 2020 highest in five years: NCBSimilarly, the seizure of heroin (extracted from opium) shot up from 3,231 kg in 2019 to 3,838 kg in 2020, ganja (cannabis) from 3,42,045 k...
07 Apr, 2022, 09.29 PM IST
Probe if India emerging as a 'preferred destination' for narcotics trade and consumption: Home MinistryThe counter-terrorist task force said following an order by the Ministry of Home Affairs, it took over the case filed against Machavaram Su...
07 Oct, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
Large seizures of heroin along Gujarat coast concerning: Security agenciesOn September 14, authorities seized more than 3,000 kg of heroin - estimated to be worth ₹21,000 crore (approximately) - from two container...
22 Sep, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
Seizure of Drugs at Airports: Officials worry tech platforms making sale of drugs easyThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have arrested a woman foreign national at the Bengaluru international airport on ch...
01 Jul, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
Covid-19 impact on narcotic trafficking is ringing alarm bell along Siliguri 'Narco' CorridorThe change, as observed by United Nations research study, is now surfacing along Siliguri (Narcotic) Corridor. The infamous drug traffickin...
08 Aug, 2020, 07.42 AM IST
NCB steps up its attack on narcoticsRakesh Asthana, Director General (DG), BCAS was recently assigned additional charge of the DG NCB.
23 Aug, 2019, 07.20 PM IST
Narcotics seizure increases by 300%; highest at 3.6 lakh kg in 2017: ReportThe year gone by also saw the maximum number of cases of interdiction of these illegal drugs in the last 5 years, generally abused by the y...
25 Mar, 2018, 12.55 PM IST
Narcotics trade via darknet, Bitcoin reported in India for first timeWhile 'darknet' is a clandestine internet network which can only be accessed with specific software, is difficult to track by the usual com...
17 Jul, 2016, 10.00 AM IST
How drug traffickers and terrorist groups are interlinkedMedia reports have emerged of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram making inroads into the drug trade in India.
21 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Global response needed against drug trafficking: Sharma
India has called for a coordinated global response to arrest the threat posed by transnational organised crime, drug trafficking, terrorism...
25 Jun, 2011, 02.05 PM IST