Narcotics

The United States has carried out its 8th alleged strike on a ‘drug boat’ in the Eastern Pacific, reportedly killing two people aboard. The strike, confirmed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, targeted a vessel operating in international waters off Colombia, said to be involved in narcotics smuggling. According to Hegseth, the operation was part of a larger effort to combat narco-terrorism in the region. Video released by the Department of War shows the small boat exploding and floating motionless in flames. Trump compared the threat of narco-traffickers to Al-Qaeda, stating there would be “no refuge or forgiveness—only justice.” This comes amid escalating U.S. operations against Venezuela and covert CIA activities in the region.

In one of the “largest seizures of narcotics” to date, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Friday impounded around 2,500 kg of high-purity methamphetamine worth about ₹12,000 crore by intercepting a “mothership” carrying drugs in the Indian waters on 14th May. According to NCB Deputy Director General (Ops) Sanjay Singh, Friday's drug seizure was the greatest in terms of dollar amount. Methamphetamine trafficking, popularly known as crystal meth, is still a problem for law enforcement.

The NCB had earlier this week registered a case against actor Rhea Chakraborty and others in connection with Rajput's death case under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985

The seizure was made on July 19 from Shadi village in the state’s Chittorgarh district

NCB official alleged that the man had a 'contact' in Russia who arranged the drug parcels from the US to be sent to him in India

The Golden Triangle, so named by a CIA operative, is a region in South-East Asia that’s notorious for hosting a global hub of narcotics production

Rajnath Singh says India will soon have a national database of information on all narcotics-related crimes, criminals that can be accessed by enforcement agencies tasked with combating drugs menace

US President Donald Trump has identified 22 countries as major illicit drug producing or transit nations, including India

Legal poppy cultivation in India is fraught with risk but remains a legacy that farmers are unwilling to part with and a lure they find hard to resist

Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has asked Drug Controller General of India to 'substantially reduce' the availability of codeine-based cough syrups saying they are being used as narcotic drugs