Handicrafts fair generates Rs.750-cr businessOctober 13th, 2009 NOIDA - Business worth Rs.750 crore was generated at the four-day handicrafts exposition near Greater Noida that ended Tuesday, according to the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH). "Despite recessionary trend, the footfall of more overseas buyers and orders worth over Rs.750 crore have been booked," said EPCH chairman Raj Kumar Malhotra at the conclusion of the Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Fair (IHGF) Autumn 2009.
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.
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.
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.
25 kg of heroin seized at India-Pakistan borderAugust 18th, 2009 GURDASPUR - Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized 25 kg of heroin near the India-Pakistan border in this district of Punjab Tuesday. "We have seized 25 kilograms of heroin that is worth Rs.125 crore (Rs.
Heroin worth Rs.1.25 bn seized at India-Pakistan borderAugust 18th, 2009 GURDASPUR - Twenty five kilograms of heroin, worth Rs.1.25 billion, was seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) near the India-Pakistan border in this district of Punjab Tuesday. "We have seized 25 kilograms of heroin that is worth Rs.125 crore (Rs.1.25 billion) in the international market, in the wee hours Tuesday," Jagir Singh, Punjab frontier deputy inspector general, told IANS.
Three IAS, 13 other government officials suspended in Noida land scamAugust 10th, 2009 NOIDA - The Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday suspended 16 Noida Authority officials, including three IAS officers in connection with the 2006's Noida land scam. The IAS officials suspended for their alleged involvement in the 4721-crore-rupee scam are-officers Rakesh Bahadur, Sanjeev Sharan and Ravindra Naik.
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.
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.
Heroin worth millions seized in Noida, four arrestedJune 7th, 2009 NOIDA - Uttar Pradesh Police seized heroin worth millions in Noida on Saturday. Four persons identified as Manoj, Santosh, Raju and Sanjay were arrested with half-a- kilogram of heroin in their possession.
Afghan man, Indian woman held with heroinJune 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Afghan man and an Indian woman were arrested here Friday with Rs.3 crore (Rs.30 million) worth of high quality heroin, police said. A Nigerian man is sought in the case.
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