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
Narcotic smuggling threat persistent, syndicates exploiting courier, e-comm shipment: CBIC chiefNarcotics and gold smuggling continue to pose significant challenges for India. Transnational syndicates are actively using couriers, e-com...
04 Dec, 2025, 12.29 PM IST
India, Tanzania join forces to combat drug trafficking with new MoUIndia's home ministry approved an MoU between its Narcotics Control Bureau and Tanzania’s Drugs Control and Enforcement Authority to tackle...
17 Feb, 2025, 10.29 PM IST
Who is 'Pirate of the Unknown'? How did he run drug trafficking syndicate and how was he nabbed? The Inside StoryThe Italian authorities arrested Balkan druglord Milos Radonjic, dubbed 'Pirate of the Unknown' in October 2023 after he entered the countr...
30 Jul, 2024, 10.32 PM IST
Maharashtra: NCB busts interstate drug racket, seizes 3,600 Nitrazepam tablets, codeine syrup bottles in Thane, two heldThe Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an interstate drug syndicate, arresting two individuals at Kalyan Railway Station in Thane. T...
11 May, 2024, 06.57 AM IST
MHA Nod for MoU between Indian & Nigerian drug control agenciesThe move comes after a meeting between the heads of the NCB and NDLEA following the 'No Money for Terror Conference' in Delhi in November l...
06 Mar, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
NCB seizes large quantity of drugs worth Rs 1 cr in Mumbai; 4 heldOn Tuesday, the NCB mounted a surveillance and nabbed a key associate of the syndicate with a parcel containing the tablets and its receive...
17 Nov, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
Rs 100 crore drug bust in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh's: 4 including two Afghan nationals held"NCB Delhi zone seized 50 kg high-quality heroin, 47 kg suspected narcotics, 30 lakhs drug money in cash counting machines and other incrim...
29 Apr, 2022, 04.13 PM IST
NCB seizes over 50 kg heroin, suspects Afghan link to racketNCB deputy director general (operations) Sanjay Kumar Singh said ₹30 lakh cash was also seized after the operation at a residential premise...
28 Apr, 2022, 11.40 PM IST
What stopped BJP govt from taking action against cattle smuggling and drug cartels: Assam CongressAssam Pradesh Congress Committee President, Ripun Bora said, “The crackdown on illegal cow smuggling business with neighbouring Bangladesh ...
05 Jul, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
India, Bangladesh facing new narco-terrorism threat with new drug smuggling routes: ReportAs a result (of a crackdown on Bangla-Myanmar border), the trans-border narcotic syndicates are now exploiting the Indo-Bangladesh border, ...
01 Jul, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
How unsuspected flyers become drug mulesA syndicate called the “Kasaragod Network”, which uses unsuspecting individuals to smuggle drugs from India to middle-eastern countries, is...
05 Apr, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
DRI busts exotic birds trafficking syndicate, arrests 2 for smuggling 22 macaws from BangladeshThe joint operation was carried out in coordination with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and the Customs Department at the Kolkata...
23 Jun, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
India shuns Pakistan, keeps it out of customs meetIndia has not extended an invitation to Pakistan for a two-day meeting starting in New Delhi on Tuesday where heads of Customs of at least ...
03 Dec, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
Enforcement Directorate unearths 10 kilogram of gold from a house in PunjabED is now exploring if the syndicate has moved money using gold bullions as well. It has also sought information from USA, UK and Canada.
16 May, 2015, 12.00 PM IST
Delhi 'druglord' associated with Dawood, Anees Ibrahim: PoliceThe alleged kingpin of Delhi-based multi-crore international drug racket Dev Behl was associated with the dons of Mumbai mafia Dawood Ibrah...
07 Dec, 2013, 08.44 PM IST
- India continues to be hub of drug syndicates
India, with more than five million narcotic users, continues to be a hub of drug syndicates and a major transit point for all contraband pr...
25 Jun, 2008, 04.17 PM IST