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Indian enforcement agencies say the dark web and cryptocurrencies are making drug trafficking harder to detect. Officials warn that smaller, tech-savvy cartels are emerging, prompting the Narcotics Control Bureau to strengthen online surveillance and technology to combat evolving narcotics networks

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Centre will amend the NDPS Act to close loopholes exploited by narco syndicates. He urged states to share suggestions, strengthen real-time information sharing, and ensure result-oriented NCORD meetings to intensify the nationwide anti-drug campaign

In a major breakthrough, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 227.7 kg of Captagon, a synthetic stimulant dubbed the “Jihadi Drug,” worth Rs 182 crore under Operation RAGEPILL. Union Home Minister Amit Shah hailed the operation as India’s first-ever Captagon seizure.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced India’s first-ever seizure of banned stimulant Captagon worth Rs 182 crore under Operation Ragepill. A foreign national was arrested as authorities intensified crackdowns on international narcotics networks and reaffirmed the government’s zero-tolerance policy against drug trafficking

Absconding drug trafficker Mohammad Salim Dola was extradited from Turkiye after living under a false identity. Linked to Dawood Ibrahim, he faces investigation by Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai

The Narcotics Control Bureau seized 813 kg of ganja from a modified lorry on the city outskirts and arrested three persons. The contraband was being transported from Odisha to Maharashtra. Further investigation into the drug trafficking network is underway.

The Narcotics Control Bureau arrested two persons for allegedly exporting psychotropic medicines to the USA. Officials seized 598 tablets during raids at a courier office and a medical store in Nizamabad, citing violations of statutory provisions under the NDPS Act

Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar said drug offenders will be monitored like history sheeters. The city police are strengthening H-NEW with new teams and conducting monthly inter-agency meetings to track drug networks, foreign national involvement and courier-based smuggling.

The Telangana Eagle Force, in coordination with the Delhi Police Crime Branch, NCB, and Noida Police, executed one of India’s largest multi-state crackdowns on an international drug cartel. After 15 days of surveillance and joint reconnaissance, 124 officers were deployed across 20 Delhi locations, with simultaneous raids in Noida, Gwalior, and Visakhapatnam.

A multi-crore drug racket operating out of Cherlapally, Hyderabad, has triggered a nationwide investigation involving the Enforcement Directorate, Narcotics Control Bureau, and Maharashtra Police. The seizure of Mephedrone from Vagdevi Labs has revealed links to hawala transactions and international drug syndicates.

Hydroponic ganja is fast emerging as a new high among Hyderabad’s drug users, prompting Indian cartels to place bulk orders from Thailand, where cultivation was decriminalised in 2022. Women are being increasingly used as couriers to smuggle the contraband into India.

A woman smuggling 40.2 kg of hydroponic ganja from Bangkok via Dubai was caught by NCB officials at RGI Airport, Shamshabad. The ganja is worth Rs 14 crore. Authorities are tracking her international and local links to bust the full network.

Karnataka Police busted a five-member drug-peddling gang in Mangaluru after parents reported their sons’ drug addiction. The gang targeted youth and sold narcotics in small packets. Police seized drugs worth ₹5.2 lakh and launched further investigation into supply sources

Asks district returning offices to appoint special squads in addition to existing squads to curb flow of cash and gold during ongoing election process

Since October 15, when the Assembly elections were announced, 19 law enforcement agencies have confiscated goods worth Rs 90.74 crore across the State

The ganja or opium laced products packed as medicines are sold through online platforms to the consumers. The Telangana State Anti-Narcotics Bureau who got a tip off about such products being sold through online platforms, ordered a few of them and sent them to the laboratory

Using intelligence gathered by P8I LRMR aircraft during a surveillance mission, an Indian Navy ship on a mission was redirected to intercept a suspicious dhow involved in smuggling contraband.

Police sources said those detained include the son of a political leader.

Wankhede is facing allegations and a CBI probe for allegedly seeking a bribe of Rs 25 crore during the October 2021 raid on the Cordelia cruise ship in which actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was also arrested

The NCB's Mumbai zonal unit seized 1.840 kg (15,000 tablets) of Alprazolam, which was to be shipped to the US from the city-based courier office on September 6, and arrested Lucknow-based financier Sameer S, the official said.