Pune Airport Drug Bust: Rs 5.42 Crore Hydroponic Weed Seized, Passenger Arrested

Pune Airport Drug Bust: Rs 5.42 Crore Hydroponic Weed Seized, Passenger Arrested

Reported by Mubarak Ansari Viman Nagar, 13th February 2026: In a major drug bust at Pune International Airport, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Pune Commissionerate (Pune Zone), seized 5,429 grams of hydroponic weed, commonly known as marijuana, with an estimated illicit market value of Rs 5.42 crore. One passenger has been arrested under…

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'Major explosion in dock area': US hits drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump announces

‘Major explosion in dock area’: US hits drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump announces

Donald Trump on Monday said that the United States had “hit” an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, which would mark the first known time the US carried out operations on land in Venezuela since a pressure campaign began against the President Nicolas Maduro government.“There was a major explosion in the dock…

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New Plan to Tackle Drug Resistance

New Plan to Tackle Drug Resistance

Source: NIE Subject: Government Scheme Context: India has launched the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2.0 (2025–29) at the start of WHO’s World AMR Awareness Week. About India Launches National Action Plan On Antimicrobial Resistance 2.0 (NAP-AMR 2.0): What is it? NAP-AMR 2.0 is India’s updated five-year strategic framework (2025–29) to combat rising antimicrobial…

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'Extrajudicial killings': UN condemns US strikes on drug boats; calls for immediate halt

‘Extrajudicial killings’: UN condemns US strikes on drug boats; calls for immediate halt

The United Nations on Friday strongly criticised United States for striking vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific allegedly carrying drug traffickers and urged it to halt the attacks, calling it “extrajudicial killings”. “These attacks — and their mounting human cost — are unacceptable. The US must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary…

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