Category: Narcotic
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Why the US must not let Syria slip away
MENASource April 29, 2025 • 4:25 pm ET Luke Wagner Amid reports that President Donald Trump and Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa will meet during Trump’s scheduled May visit to Saudi Arabia, the future of the two new governments’ uneasy relationship should be coming more into focus. Currently, ideological differences, sanctions, and on-again-off-again tariffs suggest…
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Mundra drugs haul case accused says his children were bullied in school after NIA claims in Supreme Court
Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, who had appeared for the NIA, assured that the police would protect the children from harm in case of threats. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Thursday (April 24, 2025) said “family members must not suffer” after an accused in the Mundra drug haul case submitted that…
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Smuggler who shot at border guards on Azerbaijan-Iran border neutralized – State Border Service
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 12. A violation of the state border from the Islamic Republic of Iran in the direction of the Republic of Azerbaijan by 3 unknown persons was recorded on the service territory of the Goytepe border detachment of the Border Troops Command of the State Border Service on April 8, the press center…
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Techie from U.P. arrested in ₹20 lakh impersonation fraud case
The cybercrime unit of Hyderabad Police arrested a software professional from Uttar Pradesh for his involvement in a multi-State digital arrest fraud racket that duped a senior citizen of nearly ₹20 lakh. The accused, identified as Ranjit Kumar, 42, was arrested from Ghaziabad. Originally hailing from Parigami village in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, Kumar was allegedly…
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Fall of the Houthis under US strikes: A racing certainty – opinion
Initial American strikes have already eroded Houthi military capabilities while the Houthi leadership structure suffers from inherent weaknesses. By SALEM ALKETBI APRIL 2, 2025 03:42 HOUTHI DEFENSE Minister Mohamed al-Atefi salutes after addressing protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, as they demonstrate in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen, last month. (photo credit: KHALED…
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Punjab’s war on drugs: A crisis deferred, not defeated
It was 2015, the year Punjab found itself in the throes of a devastating drug crisis. The issue, which had haunted the State’s consciousness for over a decade, had finally erupted into the forefront of public discourse. It triggered a political free-for-all, with critics launching relentless attacks on the Parkash Singh Badal–led Shiromani Akali Dal…
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NCB and DRI fail to secure conviction in two major drug seizure cases in Kerala
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) failed to impress the Kerala courts, which had recently set all the accused free in two alleged major drug seizure cases. The acquittal of the the accused came at a time when the State has declared a war on drug menace. The trial…
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Venezuela’s Air Force Is A Disaster. Can Russia Help?
Venezuela’s economic conditions have repeatedly undercut the ability of its military to maintain the planes in its fleet. If there was one word to describe the otherwise-shambolic resistance movement mounted by the Venezuelan government against the United States, it would be “defiance.” That’s precisely what the Chavismo regime of Nicolas Maduro has been doing since…
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The continuing drugs menace in Punjab
For decades, Punjab has been struggling to tackle drug trafficking. Its proximity to the heroin-producing Golden Crescent — Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran — makes it vulnerable to the problem. This is why the drugs menace is also a national security issue. Last August, as the Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said, the State, which shares…
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What is Captagon, the synthetic stimulant that earned billions for the Assad regime?
The Assad regime in Syria came toppling down in lightning speed after rebel forces led a days-long offensive across the country and captured the capital, Damascus, on Sunday, with President Bashar Assad ultimately fleeing to Russia. How did it happen so quickly? Some Syrian analysts, as well as the Biden administration, have pointed to Assad’s…
