Drug Abuse

The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on Wednesday warning that there are now nearly 300 million users globally, alongside an increase...

Sambalpur: Ahead of Holi, police have recently busted an illegal cough syrup racket and arrested 26 persons in this connection in Odisha's Sambalpur. According to police sources, a truck carrying...

Bhubaneswar: Being smart is one thing but trying to be 'over smart' can give the game away, especially if you are a law violator. Notorious drug trafficker Sambhunath Barik (31)...

Mumbai: It’s been four days since television actress Tunisha Sharma was found hanging in the make-up room on the sets of her show ‘Ali Baba Daastan-E-Kabul’. Even as a full-fledged...

As per statistics released by Odisha Police on November 11, 2022, enforcement officials seized ganja worth Rs 290.24 crore in the first 10 months of the year – a substantial...

Balasore: The Special Task force (STF) sleuths of Odisha police on Thursday apprehended an inter-state drug peddler with over 1.3 kg brown sugar in Balasore district. According to police sources,...

Rayagada: Excise sleuths seized 4.5 tonne ganja valued at around Rs 2.5 crore and arrested two persons in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Thursday while the contraband was being smuggled to...

Bhubaneswar: Excise officials have seized brown sugar worth over Rs 28 lakh in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar and arrested one person. The accused, arrested during an operation on Saturday, has been...

Baripada: The owner of a de-addiction centre has been arrested for allegedly assaulting and humiliating a physically challenged inmate and forcing him to lick his feet in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district....

Bhubaneswar: Voice of SOA Community 90.4, the community radio centre of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, conducted a programme to create social awareness against drug abuse. SOA Radio...