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Wednesday, July 8, 2026
TopicDrug trafficking

Topic: Drug trafficking

Mandatory financial investigations, crackdown on clandestine labs—India’s drug control vision

HM Amit Shah said enforcement will shift from targeting individual carriers to identifying & dismantling complete drug trafficking networks, including suppliers, financiers & handlers.

Tip about a car in Bengaluru unravels inter-state drug trafficking ring, police seize 17.5kg MDMA

Eight suspects were arrested, and a network traced up to Delhi. Suspects allegedly used furniture, gift-wrapped, to smuggle drugs by train.

Charas peddler-turned-MDMA kingpin, Salim Dola dodged justice for over 20 yrs. Now he’s back in the net

Dola, Dawood Ibrahim's close aide, was deported to India from Turkey on 28 April in a major win for Indian law enforcement.

Secret tokens, semi trucks: How ‘king’ Guramrit Sidhu moved $17mn worth of cocaine, meth into Canada

Guramrit Sidhu trafficked $17mn worth of drugs from Mexico to Canada via the US. On Thursday, he pled guilty in a US federal court.

Drugs from Myanmar are taking over Northeast. India must recognise national security threat

It is time for New Delhi to raise its expectations and ask a tough question to the Ethnic Armed Organisations: Are they prepared to cooperate with India in its war against drugs?

US sanctions 2 Indians for supplying ‘prescription pills filled with fentanyl’ to American citizens

This comes week after visas of some Indian executives were revoked over links to trade in fentanyl precursors. Synthetic opioid termed main cause of death of Americans aged 18-45.

Matriarch, courier & ‘nanad-bhabhi’ syndicate. Origin stories of women running Delhi’s drug trade

From selling high-quality hashish and MDMA to heroin and cocaine, women are now an indistinguishable part of the drug trade in Delhi, working as couriers and even running syndicates.

Haryana has no patience for woke narrative on drug abuse and trade. It’s a war

Haryana is hunting down traffickers, dismantling networks, and breaking the cycle of addiction before it takes hold. Take your poison elsewhere—in Haryana, the game is over.

Punjabi gangsters ferrying drugs, separatist terror to US an old story. Bishnoi, ‘Khatri’ not the first

Since Anmol Bishnoi was arrested this week in US, investigators are working to unpack a complex web of crime involving trafficking of migrants, drug cartels, assassins & Sikh separatists.

In ‘Udta Kullu’, villagers destroy 15 hectares of cannabis plants ‘on deity’s command’

Armed with sickles, and ‘divine intervention’, villagers from Kullu's Kothi Sari valley uprooted cannabis plants after their local goddess 'told them' it would end dry spell in region.

On Camera

Following Rahul Gandhi’s script, Priyank Kharge takes on the RSS

By questioning the RSS’s legal registration status, Priyank Kharge aims to lock in minority and Dalit support for Congress on a national level.

Global investors show interest in India as oil risks reduce

Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Barclays see improving prospects for Indian markets after months of subdued investor interest.

NATO’s show of might ahead of Ankara summit: An ambitious arms deal amid Trump’s criticism

‘Security situation demands capabilities. The hum of machinery must become a roar,’ NATO chief Mark Rutte said as he announced 5 new military contracts. Drones and ISR take the lead.

Congress is ceding ground to BJP on nationalism. It’s pushing India towards one-party system

The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.