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Topic: Narcotics Control Bureau

Haryana’s chief of Narcotics Control Bureau launches podcast to counter drug menace

OP Singh, the Director General of Haryana State Narcotics Control Bureau, has started a podcast to highlight the police's efforts to fight drug abuse and trafficking.

NCB, Delhi Police bust Noida drug factory ‘linked to Mexican cartel, set up by Tihar warden’

Cops seized around 95 kg of methamphetamine from factory in Noida. NCB officials said Mexican Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación vetted drugs produced.

Foreign national held at Mumbai airport with cocaine worth Rs 11 cr concealed in his body

The drug capsules, weighing 1,108 grams, are banned in India and were recovered from the man's body by doctors at the state-run J J Hospital Saturday.

Booked by ED in money laundering case, Sameer Wankhede cries foul — ‘punished for being a patriot’

Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against Sameer Wankhede, former zonal director of Narcotics Control Bureau.

1500-kg heroin, drug money in liquor & clubs — the ‘basket’ case that won NCB special ops medal

Labyrinthine investigation that began last year helped bust ‘international narco-gangster criminal nexus’ fuelling heroin smuggling. Investigation continues as loose ends remain.

‘Father to father’: Wankhede submits ‘WhatsApp chats with SRK’ in HC to deny extortion allegation

Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede has moved the Bombay HC, seeking quashing of a CBI FIR where he has been accused of demanding a bribe to 'settle' the Aryan Khan case.

NCB catches narcotics carrying ‘mothership’ in Indian Ocean, seizes 2,500 kg methamphetamine worth Rs 12,000 cr

Seizure by Narcotics Control Bureau & Indian Navy part of Operation Samudragupta, targeting maritime trafficking of drugs originating from Afghanistan, & is 'largest' in terms of monetary value.

Karnataka’s ‘LSD King’ ran a Bitcoin drug racket like no other. And he used Telegram, Zomato

It’s not just drug dealers who are turning to the dark web. It’s like a multi-headed hydra. For every crypto king brought down, another one rises and thrives.

NCB clears Aryan Khan, 5 others in drug case, says they were ‘not part of international racket’

NCB’s initial probe relied heavily on Aryan’s WhatsApp chats, but agency chief now says chats need to be supplemented by ‘solid evidence’ to hold water.

‘No evidence’: Narcotics Bureau clears Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan, 5 others of drug charges

Aryan given clean chit due to lack of evidence; 14 of the 20 accused will face trial in the cruise ship drug case.

On Camera

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

Why do people who complain that our municipalities are incapable of offering proper shelter to dogs not worry about the pathetic shelter offered to refugees and victims of political persecution?

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.