Panaji: Four Russians were arrested in North Goa for cultivating marijuana and selling other psychotropic drugs, police said on Saturday. The police on Friday night arrested 30-year-old Ilia Stennikov for illegally cultivating marijuana worth Rs 65,000 in a rented apartment in Mandrem beach village, located 30 km from Panaji, North[Read More…]
Tag: Drugs
Breast cancer drugs useful in treating drug-resistant lung tumours
London: A class of drugs used to treat certain breast cancers could help tackle lung cancers that have become resistant to targeted therapies, suggests a study done on mice. The study showed that lung tumours in mice caused by mutations in a gene called EGFR shrunk significantly when a protein[Read More…]
Drugs valued at $260 mn seized in Australia
Sydney, About half a tonne of drugs hidden in car bonnets were seized and two persons were arrested in a major drug bust in Australian capital Sydney, police said on Friday. Border authorities intercepted the crystalline methamphetamine drugs, also known as ice drugs, from car bonnets in November, Xinhua news[Read More…]
‘Bigg Boss’ fame Ajaz Khan nabbed by Mumbai Police for possessing drugs
Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell of Navi Mumbai Police arrested Bollywood actor Ajaz S. Khan for allegedly possessing banned psychoactive drugs late on Monday night, officials said on Tuesday. The controversial actor was arrested from a hotel in Belapur with eight tablets of the prohibited MDMA Ecstasy’ (or, Molly) tablets weighing[Read More…]
Marijuana legalised in Canada: Here are six rules applied for cannabis smokers
With the legalization of Marijuana sales, Canada becomes the first G7 country and second country in the world to legalise cannabis use across the country. Now buying weed is no longer beyond one’s approach would be available both ‘online’ and on retail stores. It is to see how it performs[Read More…]
Children disappearing at night horrifies Kerala police
Teen-age children in Kozhikode getting disappeared from houses has horrified the Kerala police, alarming them of the possibility of children’s association with nefarious activities including drug pushing and dangerous stunts. Though the night patrolling team and flying squad have spotted several teenagers, some doing stunts on empty roads and some[Read More…]
Death by drug: One death a day due to drugs in Punjab
Chandigarh: On an average, for the past two months one person dies every day due to drugs. As per the records accessed by The Tribune since May 15 drugs are being mentioned as the cause of death in the post-mortem reports of more than 60 young men at government hospitals across[Read More…]
Punjab: Private de-addiction centres under lens to curb drug overpricing
Chandigarh: Buprenorphine, a substitute to treat narcotic addicts and psychotropic substances are being sold at price range of Rs 20-100 while the same is sold at a price as low as Rs 4.38 in the government hospitals. As many as 96 private de-addiction centres are under the lens to keep[Read More…]
Nigerian at the Kolkata Airport caught with Cocaine concealed in uterus
Kolkata: A 31-year-old Nigerian woman at the Kolkata airport was detained for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine in her uterus on Monday night, ten days after five Chinese nationals were arrested from a railway station in the city with almost 200kg of a banned party drug. Narcotics Control Bureau’s eastern[Read More…]
NCB steps in as drugs seized shoots up in Bihar
With the unending drug menace in Bihar, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has urged Bihar’s people to share information about drug trafficking with them. The identities of the informers will not be revealed, they further said. In order to receive information on drug menace, NCB has introduced a number, 0612-2565160,[Read More…]
Drugs still on the rise in Bihar, maximum supplies from Odisha
Though drugs have been prohibited in Bihar under the Nitish Kumar’s government, the amount of narcotic drugs seized in the state has shot through the roof. Minister claims that people, instead of buying alcohol, are spending on sweets and milk but the data reveals the contrary. This year, the amount[Read More…]
Man’s body tossed from a plane in Mexico
7,059 Indian nationals lodged in foreign jails
A combination of drugs may cure hearing impairment
Seven kilogram heroin seized in Punjab
Philippines files drug cases against President
Doctors in Delhi alarmed by increasing drug use among the city youth
Delhi doctors predict that amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) is becoming a common use among Capital’s youth as the newest ‘high’. Recently, the drug deaddiction department at AIIMS admitted two patients who have been suffering from chronic abuse of ATS drugs. ATS is the second most commonly used drug in the[Read More…]
Australia’s largest cocaine haul: 1.4 tonne seized
Australian law enforcement agencies seized 1.4 tonnes of cocaine worth A$312 million ($239.5 million) from an Australia-bound yacht as they successfully executed a covert midnight operation last week, the authorities confirm on Monday. This is the largest amount of cocaine seized in a single operation and is over 880 pounds[Read More…]
Foreigners with cocaine pellets arrested at Delhi airport
Two foreigners have been taken under arrest by the NCB as they were found carrying a humungous amount of drugs abroad. They were caught at the IGI airport, Delhi. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has intercepted and arrested two foreigners at different times. According to reports from India today, a[Read More…]
23.5 metric tonnes of Mandrax seized from Udaipur
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 23.5 tonnes of Mandrax tablets from Udaipur, Rajasthan. It is estimated to be largest seizure of this drug worldwide and its market value is pegged to be Rs 3000 crore. Mandrax, also known as Methaqualone, is a depressant and party drug. Mandrax is a[Read More…]
Philippines President Duterte likens himself to Hitler
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would ‘be happy’ to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the country. “Hitler massacred three million Jews. Now there is three million, what is it, three million drug addicts (in[Read More…]
Only 1% drug addicts are in Punjab: State health minister
Punjab minister of health Surjit Kumar Jayani on Sunday said only 1% of the total population in the state is addicted to drugs. He said it is not a serious problem as it is being projected to defame the state. Jayani rubbished all claims made by the Opposition, saying that[Read More…]