INDIA: Bengal unwilling to share information on narcotics with Centre 

File picture of illegal poppy cultivation. Poppy is illegally cultivated on large tracts of land in Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia and intelligence officers suspect the money also part finances terror elements. (HT Photo) 

Opening yet another front of confrontation with the Centre, Bengal government is unwilling to share crucial information on narcotics in the state.

The state government has directed the state excise department not to share any information with the central agency, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) unless cleared by the chief minister’s office (CMO).

This means that NCB, which always operate in coordination with state excise departments concerned, will face major hurdles in operating in West Bengal.

 

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IRAN: around 30 tons of illicit drugs were seized in the southern Fars Province

During the past ten months, around 30 tons of illicit drugs were seized in the southern Fars Province, said Iran Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari.

Speaking at a press conference in Shiraz on Wednesday he said, “Nearly 12,000 people involved in drug trafficking were identified and arrested in the province by the anti-narcotics police, and 30,000 kg of different types of narcotics were seized in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year that ends in March.” Iran, which has a 900-km common border with Afghanistan, has been used as the main conduit for smuggling Afghan drugs to narcotics kingpins in Europe.

More than $700 million has been spent on sealing its borders and preventing the transit of narcotics destined for European, Arab and Central Asian countries.

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https://financialtribune.com/articles/people/58291/narcotics-seized-in-fars

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ITALIA (porto di Gioia Tauro): sequestrati al porto 72 chili di cocaina 

 Sequestrati al porto 72 chili di cocaina

In due distinte operazioni condotte dai funzionari dell’Ufficio delle Dogane con la collaborazione della Guardia di finanza di Reggio Calabria ed il coordinamento della Direzione distrettuale antimafia di Reggio

27/01/2017

Settantadue chili di cocaina pura che, immessi sul mercato, avrebbero fruttato 14 milioni di euro, sono stati sequestrati nel porto di Gioia Tauro in due distinte operazioni condotte dai funzionari dell’Ufficio delle Dogane con la collaborazione della Guardia di finanza di Reggio Calabria ed il coordinamento della Direzione distrettuale antimafia di Reggio.

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