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Rakesh Asthana gets additional charge as Narcotics Control Bureau chief

The appointment of Asthana coincides with Vivek Johri, also a 1984 batch-IPS officer, who has been appointed as the director-general of Border Security Force (BSF)

Published on Jul 31, 2019, 11:49 PM IST

Woman hides cocaine concealed in 36 capsules inside body, held in Mumbai

The Narcotics Control Bureau recovered 510 grams of cocaine from Kenya Lavate’s body.

Updated on Jul 21, 2019, 1:30 AM IST

Man nabbed from Kannur airport with ₹7 lakh worth hashish in slippers

Central Industrial Security Force personnel on Friday apprehended from the Kannur International airport here a Doha-bound passenger who was allegedly carrying hashish estimated to be worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>seven lakh.

Updated on Jul 14, 2019, 9:31 AM IST

South African woman caught with drugs worth ₹13L at Delhi airport

Officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau were informed and it was confirmed that the recovered contraband is pseudoephedrine.

Updated on Jun 6, 2019, 5:07 AM IST

Cocaine capsules found in man’s stomach, another 2 kg in Dwarka

The retrieved capsules.

Published on May 28, 2019, 5:16 AM IST

Greater Noida drug haul: Nigerians had stocked food, water, hid in house for days

On Saturday, the NCB arrested the two Nigerians and recovered 18 kg pseudoephedrine worth an estimated <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1,000 crore and 1.9kg cocaine from them.

Updated on May 13, 2019, 11:08 AM IST

1 held with 7 gram cocaine, 30 gram meth at airport

1 held with 7 gram cocaine, 30 gram meth at airport

Published on Apr 11, 2019, 6:07 AM IST

Drugs smuggling: Courier firms under NCB scanner

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has uncovered an ingenious method by which relatively small quantities of drugs are being trafficked without detection: Using the postal service and courier firms.Photo by Praful Gangurde/Hindustan Times) Representative Image

Published on Mar 19, 2019, 4:22 AM IST

Pharmacy graduate uses bitcoin to buy drugs to send abroad; held

Irfan Khan, a Bachelor of pharmacy (B Pharm) graduate, was arrested on February 21 for allegedly sending psychotropic drugs in the form of tablets to the United States of America and Australia.

Published on Feb 28, 2019, 10:57 AM IST

Delhi HC seeks details of drug-related cases

The Delhi high court has directed three central agencies to submit details of drug-related cases dealt with in the past five years after allegations that “common witnesses” were used by them to secure convictions.

Published on Dec 8, 2018, 11:32 PM IST

50-kg heroin worth ₹250 crore seized from Delhi-bound apple truck in Jammu

Officials of Narcotics Control Bureau show the packet containing 50 kgs of heroin which was seized from an apple-ladden truck at a toll plaza, in Jammu, Thursday, November 8, 2018.

Updated on Nov 9, 2018, 1:19 PM IST

Brazilian held with cocaine worth Rs 2.5 crore at Mumbai airport

The accused, Ferreia Nascimen, has been remanded in judicial custody.

Updated on Aug 13, 2018, 5:43 AM IST

Nigerian with cocaine concealed in uterus nabbed at Kolkata airport

Officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau doubt that additional quantities of narcotics are hidden in other parts of the detained person’s body.

Updated on Jul 10, 2018, 2:31 PM IST

‘Kadhai’ drug smuggling racket busted in Jalandhar has links in UP, MP, Bengal: Police

Woks (kadhais) used to smuggle drugs to Canada.

Updated on Jun 22, 2018, 1:50 PM IST

Banned painkiller used by ISIS fighters to overcome pain, fatigue seized in Palghar

An opioid, Tramadol was banned in India last month.

Updated on May 29, 2018, 12:20 AM IST

India, Sri Lanka to firm up plan to combat drug crimes, bilateral meet in Delhi

A people purchase medicine from Medical store shop in Bangalore.

Updated on May 4, 2018, 3:32 PM IST

SIT on black money directs clampdown on cryptocurrencies

The NCB informed the SIT that about four cryptocurrency-fuelled drugs smuggling transactions have been unearthed in the country in the last two years.

Published on Apr 8, 2018, 6:21 PM IST

Punjab tops country in opium seizure, second in heroin recovery: NCB report

The year gone by also saw the maximum number of cases of interdiction of these illegal drugs in the last five years, generally abused by the young and a few other categories.

Updated on Mar 25, 2018, 8:06 PM IST

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