NDPS Act: News

18 Mar 2024

Elvish Yadav

Explained: Elvish could face 20-year jail term under NDPS Act 

Elvish Yadav, a renowned YouTuber and winner of the Big Boss OTT, is embroiled in grave allegations under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

07 Jun 2023

Bharti Singh

NCB's plea to cancel Bharti Singh, Haarsh Limbachiyaa's bail rejected

In a big relief to comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa, a special court rejected Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)'s plea to cancel the couple's bail in a drug case.

04 Aug 2022

Mumbai

Breaking Bad: Chemistry student arrested in Rs. 1,400-crore drug bust

In one of the biggest drug busts in Mumbai, the Anti-Narcotic Cell busted 700 kilograms of mephedrone amounting to Rs. 1,400 crore on Thursday.

01 Jul 2022

Shah Rukh Khan

Aryan Khan seeks passport release, moves Special NDPS court

Son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, Aryan—who was recently labeled innocent in the drug controversy case—has now moved a Special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court to release his passport.

26 Jun 2021

Mumbai

Mumbai: Colombian national gets 10 years RI in drugs case

A special NDPS court in Mumbai has sentenced a 32-year-old Colombian national to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a drug case.

14 Sep 2020

Rhea Chakraborty

Sushant case: NCB arrests six more people in drugs probe

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday arrested six more people in connection with a drugs probe related to Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death in June.

12 Sep 2020

Mumbai

No fan or bed for Rhea Chakraborty in Mumbai prison

28-year-old Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty has been kept in a separate cell without a ceiling fan or a bed and pillow at Mumbai's Byculla Women's prison.

09 Sep 2020

Sushant Singh Rajput

Rhea moves bail plea; claims NCB forced her to confess

Actor Rhea Chakraborty has moved a bail plea before the Sessions Court in Mumbai, a day after she was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

08 Sep 2020

Rhea Chakraborty

Rhea loved a "drug-addict," says lawyer after her arrest

Actor Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer Satish Maneshinde has condemned her arrest, calling it a "travesty of justice."

21 Aug 2018

Punjab

Punjab still battling drug-menace: Police inaction to be blamed

In 3,789 cases where drug possessors were convicted, Punjab police used the same narrative in the charge-sheets.

05 Aug 2018

Jammu And Kashmir

Jammu: Drug peddler possessing 30gm heroin arrested

A suspected drug peddler was arrested after 30gm of heroin was found in his possession at Digiana on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway where a police party was inspecting vehicles, an official said.

14 Jun 2018

Gujarat

International ketamine racket busted; 10, including 3 foreigners, held

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has unearthed an international racket of manufacturing ketamine with the seizure of a huge amount of the drug from Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.