Businessman spent 57 days in jail over aamchur & garam masala in airport luggage. Here’s what went horribly wrongA businessman was wrongly jailed for 57 days after airport security mistook aamchur and garam masala for narcotics. The Madhya Pradesh High...
21 May, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
NCB busts illegal Captagon factory in Uttarakhand, owner arrested after Operation RAGEPILLThe Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a factory owner in Uttarakhand following a raid that uncovered a Captagon manufacturing operati...
18 May, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
Jihadi drug explained: What is Captagon? 227.7 kg of tablets & powder worth Rs 182 crore seized in India’s 'Operation Ragepill'Jihadi drug: India has achieved its first-ever seizure of Captagon, a synthetic stimulant known as the ‘Jihadi drug’, valued at Rs 182 cror...
16 May, 2026, 05.30 PM IST
As US reboots psychedelics from counterculture to R&D, Indian pharma must take the leadThe United States is accelerating research into psychedelic drugs for mental illness. This shift prompts India to re-evaluate its own drug ...
08 May, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
Hyderabad laid-off techie turns 'ganja engineer' on terrace; 17 plants that could yield 10 kg seizedExcise officials in Hyderabad arrested a former software engineer for cultivating cannabis plants on his terrace. Investigators linked the ...
23 Apr, 2026, 09.48 AM IST
Centre to soon set up a digital portal to track narcotic drugsThe proposed platform will enable real-time, end-to-end digital tracking of all regulated pharmaceutical products, covering every stage fro...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
Navi Mumbai top cop asks officials to keep a watch on closed factories to check drug menaceDuring a meeting of the district-level narcotics committee, Singh said several containers arrive at Uran and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trus...
29 Sep, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
Mumbai police seize more than 700 kg mephedrone worth Rs 1,400 crore, arrest five personsMephedrone, also known as 'meow meow' or MD, is a synthetic stimulant a psychotropic substance banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotr...
04 Aug, 2022, 12.57 PM IST
Government to move NDPS from Finance Ministry to Ministry of Home AffairsCurrently, while the home ministry governs the Narcotics Control Bureau, the Department of Revenue (DoR) in the finance ministry administer...
23 Jun, 2022, 05.21 PM IST
Afghanistan, Pak, NE neighborhood fueling India's drug concernsOften, the drug traffickers are using the Indian shores because shipments emanating from India are scrutinised less suspiciously by global ...
04 Jan, 2022, 04.48 AM IST
Centre plans 2 legislations to amend Narcotic Substances ActLaw enforcement agencies are of the view that number of chemicals in the scheduled list should be increased, said a senior official.
25 Nov, 2021, 12.03 AM IST
Indian companies’ supply of heroin chemical helping fund Afghan Taliban: Narco bodyA report has expressed concern at single largest seizure of illicit acetic anhydride in Noida in October 2018, about 9,000 litres. “The che...
01 Mar, 2020, 12.01 PM IST
Illicit diversion of pharma products challenge for industry: ReportThe diversion of pharmaceutical preparations containing narcotics and precursors like ephedrine and pseudoephedrine to illicit channels in ...
07 Mar, 2016, 06.45 PM IST
A unique number in the offing to control drug pilferageThe URN will be issued by the NCB, which is the national agency tasked to curb the menace of illicit drugs and enforce stringent anti-narco...
29 Sep, 2013, 12.21 PM IST
Essential narcotic drugs: Cabinet moves to amend NDPS ActIndia plans to introduce a new category of drugs, essential narcotic drugs, which will be regulated by the central govt.
05 Nov, 2012, 05.17 AM IST
Cancer, HIV patients suffer as morphine supplies are hobbled by excessive regulationThe supply of morphine is severely constrained in local hospitals and retail stores due to stringent laws that prevent making of the final ...
28 Aug, 2012, 06.40 AM IST
- Nicholas Piramal mulls entering codeine production
Drug maker Nicholas Piramal plans to enter into production of narcotic codeine, used in various drugs, after its first quarter results were...
22 Aug, 2007, 11.00 AM IST