A heritage house in North 24-Parganas caught fire, sparking accusations against the police administration as local people alleged alcohol and drug addicts made a den at that house. Several antique and historically valuable furniture were reduced to ashes.
Myanmar authorities have seized 70 kg of ketamine in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) reported on Friday.
As part of the drive to check drug menace, Telangana’s Prohibition and Excise Department conducted raids on several pubs and bars in Hyderabad and adjoining Rangareddy district.
Now scientists have uncovered what exactly is in cocaine that makes it such a dreaded narcotic substance.
To combat drug abuse in Himachal Pradesh, the state government will establish a state-level model drug de-addiction and rehabilitation center at Kotla Barog, in the Pachhad sub-division of the Sirmour district.
In two separate operations, the sleuths of Delhi Police have arrested two Nigerian nationals and recovered over one kg of heroin worth more than Rs 1 crore in international market.
The victims include the suspect's wife Paramjit Kaur, 28, her son and daughter aged five and seven, respectively, his wife’s parents, Surjan Singh, 58, and Joginder Bai, 54.
The drug peddlers possessing 1.060 kilograms of brown sugar were nabbed near Balasore railway station area on Monday.
Led by Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sarangi, Additional Professor, Department of Pharmacology AIIMS, the team reached this conclusion following a study spanning three years.
The government, though, estimates the number of deaths at “only” 6,000 who died in the course of over 200,000 anti-illegal drug operations as of May this year.
