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Operation Calypso: DRI busts International Cocaine Smuggling racket
The Directorate of Revenue intelligence (DRI) recently launched Operation Calypso. Under the operation, 504 grams of cocaine was seized and a transnational drug racket was busted. The gang has successfully smuggled more than 3.3 kilograms of cocaine in Mumbai. The value of the smuggled cocaine has been estimated as 20 crores of Rupees. Directorate of ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: cocaine • Directorate of Revenue Intelligence • golden crescent • Golden Triangle • Narcotic Control Bureau • NDPS Act • United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime
Global Drug Survey
The Global Drug Survey (GDS) is an anonymised, online survey based on a detailed questionnaire to assess trends in drug use and self-reported harms among regular drug users and early adopters of new trends. The survey which encompassed nearly 1,00,000 respondents from 30 countries on recreational drug use for the first time polled respondents from ..
Topics: Australia • benzodiazepines • Canada • Cannabis • cocaine • Denmark • Global Drug Survey • ketamine • magic mushrooms • Nitrous oxide • prescription opioids • Tobacco • U.K • U.S.
National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India
The report of the National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India conducted by National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi sponsored by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been submitted. Major findings of the Survey Alcohol About 14.6% of people in ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Topics: AIIMS • Alcohol • All India Institute of Medical Sciences • Cannabis • cocaine • Inhalants • Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment • National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre • National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in India • New Delhi • People Who Inject Drugs • Sedatives