NDPS Act

Three suspected drug dealers were arrested during two operations in Poonch and Rajouri district of J&K, on June 13. The charas was recovered when police intercepted a private vehicle at the Darhali Bridge. In a separate operation, two kilograms of heroin were recovered from a forest area near Bagyaldara village. Police have filed a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and investigations are underway. 

The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai crime branch seized 266 kg ganja hidden in two cars, confirmed police on August 10.  As per sources, two people identified as Ashwin Kumar Ashok Sharma (32) and Raju Ramesh Lohar (24), both residents of Thane, were carrying ganja worth Rs 80 lakh. They were arrested from Airoli, hane, following which a case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

In the Sandalwood drug case, the Karnataka High Court has rejected two criminal revision petitions filed by the suspect, Rijesh Ravindran. Arrested in August last year by NCB after being informed by another suspect, the NCB seized 40 grams/tablets of MDMA and 180 blots of LSD. Upon hearing the suspect's counsel's argument, the NCB's counsel contradicted him with the significance of Section 364 (1) (d) of NDPS Act.

Busting a cross-national drug racket, Narcotics Control Bureau seized illegal drugs worth Rs 50 lakh In Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai and Pune district, and arrested two persons in connection with the case. Reportedly, 1036 grams of curated marijuana was seized in Pune and 74 grams of the contraband was seized in Navi Mumbai. A case has been booked against the two accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.