Surat: Another case of drug trafficking via train has surfaced in Surat. Surat Railway Police seized over 4 kg of marijuana from an unattended school bag found on the Rajkot-Secunderabad Express at Surat Railway Station. A sniffer dog, Drake, alerted the police by barking near the unclaimed bag, prompting an inspection. The incident occurred during a surprise check by the Railway Police. The black school bag was found abandoned in the corridor between coaches S/09 and S/10 of train no. 22718, w...Read More

Vadodara: Rakshit Chaurasia, his friend Pranshu Chauhan, who was also in the car, and their friend Suresh Bharwad, whom they met before the car accident took place in the Karelibaug area of Vadodara, had consumed ganja before the accident. Police confirmed this and shared the details in a media meet on Friday evening as the blood test reports were out. The accused are now booked under the NDPS Act. Police said various teams are formed to investigate further into the NDPS angle. The police have n...Read More

Kutch: The Mundra Police in Kutch seized 25 kilograms of ganja from two accused, Ishak Fakir and Mamad, last week. In a major crackdown today, the authorities razed the illegal encroachments made by the accused on government land. Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi shared this information in a tweet, stating, "In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, the Mundra Police in Kutch, Gujarat, have seized 25 kilograms of ganja from Ishak Fakir and Mamad. The police and local authorities ...Read More

Valsad: Acting on specific intelligence, the State Monitoring Cell (SMC) of Gujarat Police nabbed two Nigerian nationals with Amphetamine and Methamphetamine drugs valued at ₹1.26 crore in the Bhilad police station area. Acting on a tip-off, SMC teams kept watch near the railway overbridge in Kareambela village on National Highway-48. They intercepted a suspicious car and found two Nigerian men inside. A search of their luggage revealed a chemical substance, which Forensic Science Laboratory ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The city crime branch police on Thursday seized 105 parcels containing narcotics, including hybrid marijuana, MD drugs, and hashish, from the Foreign Post Office (FPO) in the Shahibaug area. The contraband, valued at ₹3.45 crore, was smuggled from the US, Canada, and Thailand, concealed within toys and food items, and shipped through online services to evade detection. Acting on a tip-off, police, along with customs officials, identified suspicious packages at the FPO. Among the ...Read More

Navsari: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) of Gujarat Police arrested a Nigerian woman drug peddler and seized imported cocaine worth ₹1.49 crore from her in Navsari. The arrested woman, identified as Margret Ene Mgbudom (37), a resident of Meera Road, Mumbai, was booked under the NDPS Act. She was later presented before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Navsari and has been remanded in SMC custody for seven days until February 25. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted her vehicle d...Read More

Ahmedabad: Customs officials have seized 10 packets of hydroponic marijuana (weed) from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport in the city. A passenger identified as Mushtak Ahmed Umar Bhatti was found in possession of the illegal narcotics while arriving on a flight from Bangkok. The customs department had received a tip-off that a passenger coming from Bangkok was carrying drugs. Based on this information, customs authorities conducted a thorough check during which the accuse...Read More

Ahmedabad: Two individuals were nabbed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport for attempting to smuggle gold and drugs into the country in separate incidents. In the first incident, a male passenger arriving from Dubai on SpiceJet flight SG-16 was intercepted based on specific intelligence. Upon inspection, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Ahmedabad Customs found two capsules hidden in his body containing gold mixed with chemicals in paste form. The recovered gold, we...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat became the first state in India to implement the Narco Reward Policy in 2021, offering incentives to informants for aiding in drug seizures. This initiative has yielded positive results, with 87,607 kg of drugs valued at ₹16,155 crore confiscated between October 2021 and December 2024. During the launch of the Narcotics Reward Policy, Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi remarked, "Drug abuse weakens society, and it is crucial for the youth to avoid it. While drugs...Read More

Ahmedabad: The body of an eighteen-year-old student was found near Ghodasar Lake in the Isanpur area of the city on Friday. It has now come to light that the student died due to an overdose of a drug injection. The deceased, identified as Prince Sharma, was allegedly administered a 3ml dose of Midazolam and died within minutes, foaming at the mouth. Following a complaint filed by his mother, the police arrested a compounder of a private hospital. The accused was apprehended from Rajasthan, an...Read More