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Former Mumbai zonal director of Narcotics Control Bureau Sameer Wankhede threatened on Twitter

“A non-cognisable offence was registered under Section 507 (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication) of the Indian Penal Code,” an official said.

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Sameer Wankhede files defamation complaint against ex-Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik; police register FIR

Sameer Wankhede got a clean chit from the Mumbai district caste certificate verification committee on Friday following a probe for allegedly submitting a fake caste certificate to get a government job

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Caste committee gives clean chit to former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede

He was not a Muslim by birth and he belongs to the Mahar caste, says panel

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Lucknow: NCB disposes off 15,230 kg of drugs worth Rs 15 crore

LUCKNOW: On "Azaadi ka amrit mahotsav", Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of Lucknow Zone disposed of 15,230 kg of drugs worth Rs 15 crore on Saturday.

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HC stays case against drug addict, allows him to undergo de-addiction programme

The petitioner was booked by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Bengaluru in May 2021 for consumption of ganja

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Amit Shah to inaugurate conference on drug trafficking, national security in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: Union home minister Amit Shah will be on a day-long visit to Chandigarh on Saturday where he is scheduled to inaugurate a conference on drug trafficking and national security, officials said.

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Are all NDPS offences non-bailable? Larger Bombay HC bench to examine

MUMBAI: A Bombay high court bench of Justice Bharati Dangre recently referred to a larger bench the question whether all offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act are non- bailable, irrespective of many not warranting imprisonment.

The Times of India

‘Procuring’ and ‘paying’ for drugs: NCB’s draft charges against Rhea Chakraborty

For two months after Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty continued to “procure” and “pay” for drugs that the late actor consumed. In the process, she abetted his “extreme drug addiction”.

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SSR death case: NCB says Rhea Chakraborty received multiple ganja deliveries

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which is probing a drug case linked with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in 2020, alleged that his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty received multiple deliveries of ganja from other co-accused. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sushant Rajput case to Zubair arrest: The rise and rise of cop KPS Malhotra

“Time is not a factor. An old tweet becomes new just by a retweet. Police action is contingent upon when police takes cognisance of an issue,” KPS Malhotra, deputy commissioner of Delhi police, told the news agency ANI after the cyber crimes division he heads arrested Alt News cofounder Muhammad…

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NCB seizes ganja worth Rs 3.5 crore on Solapur-Mumbai highway, 2 held

MUMBAI: The NCB zonal unit here on Monday claimed to have busted an inter-state drug racket and seized 286 kg of high grade ganja worth Rs 3.5 crore from traffickers moving in a car on the Solapur-Mumbai highway.

The Times of India

Video-record large drug busts: Calcutta high court

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court has directed all investigating officers seizing drugs above "commercial quantity" to videograph the process, failing which they will face departmental probe, commenting that draconian provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) are "sometimes misused" by investigating agencies, leading to false implications…

The Times of India

Mumbai cruise drugs: Court summons accused, says enough material

MUMBAI: Holding that there’s sufficient material and that all the chemical analysis reports were positive, a special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court on Friday took cognisance of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) chargesheet submitted against 14 accused in the cruise drugs bust case. The court has asked…

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NCB files draft charges against Rhea Chakraborty, brother

MUMBAI: NCB have submitted draft charges against all 35 accused in drugs case probed in connection with death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in 2020. Among the accused are his then girlfriend actor Rhea Chakraborty, her brother Showik Chakraborty; and his staff members.

The Times of India

NCB seizes 724 kg ganja worth Rs 1.45 crore in Surat; six held

AHMEDABAD: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 724 kg ganja worth Rs 1.45 crore smuggled from Odisha in a truck after it reached its destination Surat in Gujarat and arrested six persons, including the receiver, officials said on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Pubs, bars, put up drug use warning in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: All pubs, bars and restaurants across the state have put up clear warnings against consumption, trafficking and harbouring of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances on their premises as per orders of the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA).

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Now, actor Rhea Chakraborty not to collect her passport

MUMBAI: A day after she was granted permission to travel to Abu Dhabi and attend IIFA (International Indian Film Academy Awards), actor Rhea Chakraborty (28) moved a special NDPS court on Thursday submitting that now she was not “desirous” of availing her passport from the NCB and travel abroad.

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A flip-flop with several messages

The NCB must review its procedures soon

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Mumbai cruise drugs case: Protection for pedlars alleged in chargesheet

MUMBAI: An accused in the cruise drugs case, Arbaaz Merchant told the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) that in 2018 he had tried to complain to police about peddlers from a Khar chawl who were selling “laced drugs” that made “children ill” and caused “organ damage.” Merchant (26), a friend of…

The Times of India

After flak for Aryan case, Wankhede transferred to Tamil Nadu

MUMBAI: Sameer Wankhede, the officer who probed the narcotics-related cases against Rhea Chakraborty and Aryan Khan, has been transferred to the Directorate General of Tax Payer Services (DGTS), Chennai as additional commissioner. He has been posted in the same rank that he has been holding since the last two years.…

The Times of India

Sameer Wankhede transferred from DRI to DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai

MUMBAI: Indian Revenue Service officer Sameer Wankhede, who headed the Narcotics Control Bureau in Mumbai when the NCB arrested several persons, including superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan in the controversial drugs-on-cruise case last year, was on Monday transferred to the DG Taxpayer Service Directorate in Chennai, an official said.

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Mumbai cruise drugs case: Insomnia, stress, pressure at work cited for drug use, says NCB chargesheet

MUMBAI: Coping with insomnia, family issues, loss of a parent, study and work pressure were among the main reasons for taking drugs that some of the accused and others cited in their statements to the NCB as part of the cruise drugs case. The chargesheet was submitted on Friday.

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