New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charge-sheeted eight more accused individuals in the 2020 transnational narco-terror network case involving the smuggling of drugs from Pakistan through sea routes into India via Gujarat. The drugs were aimed at financing the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit. In the 8th supplementary chargesheet filed in the Salaya drugs case, the NIA has conclusively established the narco-terror conspiracy, masterminded by Italy-based Simranjit Singh Sa...Read More

Ahmedabad: The customs department at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport arrested two passengers arriving from Hanoi after finding 8.4 kg of hydroponic marijuana on them. Officials said the duo was intercepted on suspicion, and a check of their baggage led to the recovery of 16 vacuum-sealed transparent packets containing a greenish substance. Tests later confirmed it to be marijuana. Both passengers were taken into custody under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances...Read More

New Delhi: The Union Government in Lok Sabha revealed that law enforcement agencies seized narcotics worth Rs 7,350 crore from ports in Gujarat between 2020 and 2024. In a reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai stated that narcotics worth over Rs 11,310 crore were seized across India during this period. The seizures include all narcotics intercepted by various Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (DLEAs), as reported to the Narcotics Control Bureau (...Read More

Surat: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have arrested a passenger arriving from Bangkok with 14 kilograms of hydroponic cannabis, valued at around ₹14 crore in the Surat market. The accused has been identified as Ejaz, a resident of Rajasthan. On Monday, DRI teams intercepted Ejaz after he landed at Surat airport on an Air India Express flight from Bangkok. Acting on a tip-off, officials kept watch on him and noticed suspicious behavior when he tried to leave the terminal i...Read More

Ahmedabad: A Customs department team on Monday nabbed a passenger with 8.2 kg of marijuana (also known as cannabis) at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. On July 28, officers from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) stopped a male traveller who had arrived in Ahmedabad from Bangkok on a Thai Lion Airways flight. “The passenger was carrying 15 vacuum-sealed plastic packets containing a total of 8,286.20 grams of marijuana,” noted the Customs department in a statement. The accused h...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Minister of State for Home Affairs Harsh Sanghvi will visit Kutch on 24th July 2025. He will visit Saurashtra Enviro Project Pvt. Ltd. located in Lakadia area of Bhachau taluka and witness the process of destroying a huge quantity of narcotics. Narcotics seized in crimes registered under the NDPS Act in various police stations of East Kutch (Gandhidham), West Kutch (Bhuj) and Morbi districts will be destroyed here. After obtaining permission from the High Court for destru...Read More

Ahmedabad: A passenger arriving from Bangkok was arrested at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport on Wednesday for attempting to smuggle over 2 kg of hydroponic cannabis. Following a tip-off, the Air Intelligence Unit of Customs and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials at the city airport intercepted the man who had travelled on a Thai Airways flight. During a search of his trolley bag, officers found two airtight packets containing a greenish, lumpy substanc...Read More

Ahmedabad: In two separate incidents, Customs officials at the Foreign Post Office (FPO) in Ahmedabad intercepted parcels containing ganja that had been shipped from Thailand. The first case was reported on June 25, when a suspicious parcel was opened during inspection. Officials discovered 504.5 grams of ganja hidden inside two wall clocks. The drugs were packed in plastic and falsely declared as regular goods. The second seizure took place on June 30. A parcel labeled as containing “dr...Read More

Surat: The Varachha police on Sunday arrested a CRPF jawan, Shimanchal Nahak (37), for allegedly carrying 22 kg of ganja. Originally hailing from Odisha, Nahak was caught near Khand Bazar in Varachha with a trolley bag containing the narcotics. Acting on a tip-off about a man transporting drugs through the area, the police intercepted him. Investigations revealed that Nahak had brought the ganja from Odisha’s Ganjam district by train and arrived at Udhna railway station. Nahak, who joined th...Read More