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Time of India
03-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Nashik Rural police seize drugs worth 8.5L in month-long drive
Nashik: The Nashik rural police conducted a successful month-long operation in May, targeting the sale, consumption, and transportation of narcotic drugs and products across the district's rural areas. This initiative led to the seizure of narcotic products valued at Rs 8.49 lakh. During the drive, the police registered a total of 22 cases and arrested 29 individuals. Seized items included over 36 kg of ganja — valued at more than Rs 7.21 lakh. The police also confiscated 8,610 tablets of alprazolam, locally known as 'Kutta Goli', worth Rs 1.14 lakh. Additionally, 50 bottles of 100 ml Codeine phosphate, valued at Rs 9,500, and over 4 kg of Bhang, worth more than Rs 3,000, were seized. Senior police officials confirmed that this special drive was undertaken under the guidance of Nashik Range IG (Special) Dattatray Karale. Personnel from all 40 police stations of Nashik Rural and the Local Crime Branch intensified their intelligence gathering efforts concerning drug sales and consumption. Throughout the month, the police also identified eight individuals who were found smoking ganja. A senior police officer, while talking to TOI, said under the guidance of SP Balasaheb Patil more activities have been planned to eliminate the menace of drugs from the rural district. "Alprazolam tablets are sold clandestinely in Malegaon on a large scale. We are keeping a special focus on the sale of these tablets in the town, apart from the smuggling of other drugs and banned products in the rural district," the officer said. Patil, additional SP of Malegaon Teghbir Singh Sandhu, and other senior officers have appealed to the in-charge officers of all the police stations to go all out to eliminate the menace of drugs from the rural district.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Time of India
Nashik rural cops seize ganja worth 3L
Nashik: The Nashik Rural police conducted three raids in different places over two days and seized 14 kgs of ganja worth over Rs 2.9 lakh. The raids were conducted in Niphad, near Sinnar, and in Ozar, during which four people were arrested for possession of ganja. The police said, "As per the guidance of SP Balasaheb Patil, the rural police intensified action against illegal businesses in their respective jurisdictions. As part of the same, officials and personnel of the local crime branch (LCB), Niphad, and MIDC Sinnar police stations raided different places." On a tip-off to PI Ganesh Gurav of the Niphad police station, a person was selling ganja in the Gajarwadi, Shinde Wasti on Tuesday. The police raided the place and arrested Girish Shinde (22), seizing over nine kgs of ganja worth Rs 1.85 lakh. A case was registered with the Niphad police station under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985. Meanwhile, two people – Arbaj Pathan (22) of Pathardi village and Kiran Badger (23) from Ambad – were arrested on Monday by the LCB officials after nearly three kgs of ganja, worth over Rs 59,000, was found in their possession. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villa For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Villas in Dubai | Search ads Learn More Undo The LCB officials received information that two people were coming with ganja on a bike towards Sinnar from the Nashik Pune highway. The LCB personnel on Tuesday also raided a place in the Mahatma Phule Chowk in Ozar and arrested Bhausaheb Bandre (44), seizing from him over two kgs of ganja worth over Rs 49,000. The Ozar police registered a case under various sections of the NDPS Act against Bandre.
The Print
20-05-2025
- The Print
Fake bomb alarm at Palghar collector's office
An email was sent to the official ID of the collectorate around 6.23 am, stating that RDX was planted on the premises and it would explode at 3.30 pm, they said. The threat turned out to be a hoax, a senior police officer said late at night. Palghar, May 20 (PTI) The collector's office in Maharashtra's Palghar received a bomb threat email in the early hours of Tuesday, prompting the police to evacuate the premises, officials said. District Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil, along with his senior officials, rushed to the spot and launched a search. Teams with hand-held metal detectors were stationed at the collectorate, and as a precautionary measure, a QRT squad was requisitioned, Patil told reporters. Chief of Disaster Management Cell Vivekanand Kadam said the premises was evacuated at 11 am, and a search is underway. Patil said the threat message turned out to be fake as no suspicious object was found. He said Palghar Police was taking the help of the Maharashtra cyber cell to detect the origin of the mail, and further steps are awaited. PTI COR ARU NSK This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
