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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
$30 million worth of heroin stuffed in Build-A-Bear toys is found during NYC drug bustJuly 5th, 2009 Drug bust nets heroin stuffed in Build-A-Bear toysNEW YORK — A dozen people have been arrested, and 33 pounds of heroin worth $30 million and stuffed inside Build-A-Bear toys has been seized in a drug bust in the Bronx. The arrests late Friday afternoon were announced Saturday by the New York office of the Drug Enforcement Administration along with city and state police.
17 million rupees worth heroin seizedJune 17th, 2009 New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The crime branch of the Delhi Police on Tuesday seized heroin worth 17 million rupees from possession of a man who was "wanted" the narcotics branch. "1700 grams of heroin has been seized from the man.
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.
Three held with heroin worth Rs.15 millionMay 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three people were arrested here with 1.5 kg of heroin worth Rs.15 million in the international market, police said Wednesday. Rajinder Paditar, 22, and Omkar Lal, 40, were arrested Tuesday when they came to supply the contraband to Sanjeev Dixit at the Anand Vihar Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT).
Eight foreigners held in Delhi with seven kg heroinApril 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Tuesday arrested eight foreign nationals in the capital and recovered seven kg heroin, worth Rs.70 million in the international market, from them, an official said. The arrested were five Nigerian men, two Mozambique women and a Thai woman.