Drug crimes under MCOCA, couriers as co-accused: Maharashtra CM FadnavisMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced a strict crackdown on narcotics, adopting a zero-tolerance stance toward drug-re...
24 Feb, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
Kingpins stay behind, ABCD are caught: SC on arrests in drug-trafficking casesThe Supreme Court observed that drug trafficking cases often see minor players arrested while masterminds remain hidden. This concern arose...
17 Oct, 2025, 02.23 PM IST
BSF seizes 95kg ganja, 510 bottles of cough syrup in West Bengal border raidBSF South Bengal Frontier seized 95 kilograms of Ganja and 510 bottles of Wincerex, thwarting a narcotics smuggling attempt along the Indo-...
13 Aug, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
J-K police detains overground worker of terrorists in PoonchIn Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police detained Mohd Qayoom, an alleged overground worker for terrorists, under the Public Safety A...
06 May, 2025, 09.48 PM IST
Opioid Tapentadol may be put under Narcotics Act to curb its accessThe government is planning to regulate Tapentadol under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. This follows concerns about its...
02 May, 2025, 12.15 AM IST
Logistical issues hinder move to decriminalise personal drug useDiscussions on decriminalisation through an amendment to Section 27 of the Narcotic, Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, have come t...
08 Jul, 2022, 12.32 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
Consensus emerges on decriminalising personal drug consumptionAll key stakeholder departments have agreed to do away with imprisonment and fines for personal consumption of drugs and amend Section 27 o...
12 Nov, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar gets one-day NCB custody in drugs caseKaskar's alleged involvement in the case surfaced following the recent seizure of 27 kg of hashish. The NCB officials had sought his custod...
26 Jun, 2021, 11.04 AM IST
Supreme Court says right to privacy will apply to accused charged under NDPSThe NDPS Act allows the central and state governments to invest their own officers from the central excise, narcotics, customs, revenue int...
29 Oct, 2020, 08.21 PM IST
Rs 2,000 crore drug haul leads to bad blood in FDABased on the findings, seven officials to be charged under Section 59 of the NDPS Act, applicable to an officer who stops performing his ro...
06 Oct, 2016, 11.00 AM IST
Drug peddlers slip via legal loophole as police watch in vainWhen the police conduct a raid to nab a drug peddler, they have to take along residents from the area to witness the arrest.
13 Jul, 2016, 09.57 AM IST
Mizoram lifts 17-year-old liquor banState Excise and Narcotics Minister R Lalzirliana had earlier hinted that retail wine shops would be run by sick PSUs.
15 Jan, 2015, 02.48 PM IST
Punjab drug dealers' Rs 1.23 crore assets frozen for launderingA special PMLA court in Delhi attached over Rs 1.23 cr assets and cash of an alleged drug kingpin from Punjab on charges of laundering huge...
29 Jan, 2014, 03.52 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
Goa to crackdown on illegal drug detoxification centresSeveral medical facilities, like hospitals along the beach sides, have been doubling up as drug detoxification centres, without permission ...
28 Jun, 2013, 11.54 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