Methamphetamine

PMO asks home ministry, NCB to map sources of iIllicit drugs to end menace before addiction becomes endemic

Sources told Firstpost that Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted that entire country should be mapped for the availability of illicit drugs and main centres of activity should be identified so that specific strategies could be put in place to address this serious issues.

Bangladesh Police arrests three Rohingya men trying to smuggle 8 lakh meth pills from Myanmar

Bangladesh police Wednesday arrested three Rohingya men and a Bangladeshi who were trying to smuggle 800,000 methamphetamine pills into the country from Myanmar, an official said.

Kritika Choudhary murder investigation: Did actress have ties to drug mafia?

Here are the new developments in the Kritika Choudhary murder case.

World Anti-Drugs Day: Myanmar, Thailand torch record seizure of drugs worth $1 billion

Myanmar, Thailand started torching nearly $1 billion worth of seized narcotics on Monday, as law enforcement struggles to stem the flow of drugs in the region

Chennai drug bust: 11 kgs of meth, 90 kgs of heroin and other drugs worth Rs 71 crore seized

Narcotic drugs worth Rs 71 crore were seized and 10 people arrested after a surprise check at at a manufacturing unit near in Chennai.

Chinese teacher breaks bad; arrested for making and selling crystal meth

We all loved Breaking Bad, some took it quite seriously. In not the first case of real life imitating art, a Chinese school teacher was arrested for making and selling crystal meth, much like the hugely popular TV show's protagonist Walter White.

Mexico seizes half tonne of drugs after small plane crashes in Sinaloa

Authorities in Mexico have seized more than a half tonne of drugs after finding a small plane crashed in the northern state of Sinaloa.

Thai police seize almost 2 million meth tablets

Police confiscated 1.97 million tablets of methamphetamine and 20 kilograms of crystal meth hidden in one of the pickups in one of the year's largest drug busts.