Heroin worth Rs.35 crore seized in PunjabSeptember 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Police Friday seized 7.8 kilograms of heroin, worth Rs.35 crore, from two places in Punjab and arrested three people, said the officials. In the first seizure, police of the border district of Gurdaspur, around 250 km from here, seized five kg of heroin and arrested two smugglers.
Nigerian national held with heroin worth Rs.1 croreSeptember 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Nigerian national was arrested in the national capital with over one kg of heroin worth Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million), Delhi Police said Wednesday. Banzi Babatunde, member of an international drug cartel, was arrested Tuesday from Lodhi Road area on a specific information, a police officer said.
South African police bust international drug smuggling syndicate; 3 Britons face chargesSeptember 16th, 2009 SAfrica police bust drug smuggling syndicateJOHANNESBURG — South African police say they've busted an international drug smuggling syndicate housed in a warehouse with African souvenirs. South Africa's prosecuting authority says three Britons face drug smuggling charges.
Three men arrested with 2 kg heroin in DelhiSeptember 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three members of a drug peddlers' gang were arrested from the national capital with 2 kg of heroin, police said Monday. A team from Delhi Police's Narcotics Cell arrested the three men Sunday from Wazirabad area in north Delhi, a police officer said.
Four of drug gang held, heroin worth Rs.15 mn seizedSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four people from Jharkhand, including a medicine bulk trader, were arrested and heroin worth Rs.15 million was seized, Delhi Police said Friday. According to Delhi Police's special cell, the inter-state gang of drug peddlers supplied heroin from Jharkhand to Delhi.
Heroin worth Rs.600 mn seized in PunjabSeptember 6th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Officials of the directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) seized 12 kg of heroin from a car in a village in the state's Tarn Taran district bordering Pakistan early Sunday. A senior DRI official said a trap was laid in the early hours Sunday, following a tip-off, and a car passing by ordered to stop.
Heroin worth Rs.200 mn seized in PunjabAugust 31st, 2009 AMRITSAR - The Punjab Police arrested five people here Monday and recovered four kilograms of heroin from their possession, officials said. According to a senior official of Punjab Police, the seized contraband is worth Rs.200 million (Rs.20 crore) in the international market.
Myanmar police arrest 6 drug trafficking suspects; state media revises amount of seized heroinAugust 27th, 2009 Myanmar police arrest 6 suspects after drug bustYANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar arrested six people after a recent drug bust that officials said Thursday was considerably smaller than initial reports in state media. An anti-drug squad seized nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets and 104 blocks of heroin totaling 80 pounds (36 kilograms) during a raid of two homes in a northeastern border town with Thailand on Monday, according to the Myanma Ahlin newspaper and an official in the Home Ministry's narcotics division.
Myanmar reports major heroin and methamphetamine seizure near border with ThailandAugust 26th, 2009 Myanmar reports major drug bust near Thai borderYANGON, Myanmar — Police in Myanmar seized more than 100 blocks of heroin and nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets near the border with Thailand in one of the military-ruled country's largest drug seizures, a state-run newspaper said Wednesday. An anti-drug squad confiscated two guns and ammunition and arrested four people in the raid Monday on two houses in the northeastern town of Tachileik, the Myanma Ahlin newspaper said.
Three held with heroin worth Rs.5 mn in JharkhandAugust 22nd, 2009 RANCHI - Three people were arrested here Saturday with 460 grams of heroin worth Rs.5 million, police said. The trio were arrested from a house in the Railway Colony here, police said, adding that two of them are from West Bengal and one is a Ranchi resident.
Feds seize heroin worth $17 million, indict 21 in Mexico, California drug ringJuly 30th, 2009 Feds seize heroin worth $17 million in CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities say federal drug agents have broken up a narcotics ring responsible for importing heroin valued at $17.5 million into California from Mexico.
Myanmar authorities seize nearly a tonne of heroinJuly 15th, 2009 BANGKOK - Myanmar authorities intercepted nearly one tonne of heroin in Shan state in one of the biggest drug busts in recent history, Thai media reports said Wednesday. The massive seizure, netting 950 kg of heroin and 340,000 methamphetamine pills, was made Monday in Tachilek, in northeastern Myanmar, the Bangkok Post reported, citing anti-narcotics officers who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Two arrested with heroin in Uttar PradeshJuly 13th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two men involved in supplying contraband drugs to various states were arrested in Uttar Pradeshs Ghazipur district with heroin worth nearly Rs.2 crore, police said Monday. Inspector D.P.
Three arrested in Noida with one kg of heroinJune 9th, 2009 NOIDA - Police in this suburb of the national capital Tuesday arrested three people for allegedly smuggling and selling drugs and seized nearly one kg of heroin from them. Virendra Kumar, Nawab and Naeem Alam were arrested from Labour Chowk near Khoda under the Sector 58 police station while they were about to deliver the drugs to a client, police said, adding one kg of heroin, valued at Rs.2 crores (Rs.20 million) in the international market, was recovered from them.
Four held in Noida with heroin worth Rs.1 croreJune 6th, 2009 NOIDA - Four people were arrested with 5 kg of heroin worth Rs.1 crore in this town adjoining the national capital, police said Saturday. Senior Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Singh said the four - Sanjay Sharma, Rajeev Sharma alias Raju, Santosh and Munna - were arrested Friday evening.
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