21/09 Nearly three tonnes of heroin with a street value of $2.7bn (£2bn) from Afghanistan have been seized from a western Indian port in a major bust, officials said. Two Indians were arrested after the heroin, which was kept in two containers marked as carrying talc, was found by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Mundra Port in the western state of Gujarat, the government agency said.
22/09 Drugs crime costs Dutch society up to €4.1bn a year, report claims. The report looks at the cost to legal system, but also at the medical, social and economic costs of drugs crime. In total, combating illegal drugs costs the police some €1.1bn to €1.6bn a year while court cases and prisons add almost a billion more to the total bill. Research suggests that 20% of all people spending time in prison have a link to the drugs trade.
23/09 Cocaine and crime are amplifying Colombia’s crude oil crisis. Over the last three decades Colombia has become increasingly dependent on petroleum to drive its economy, leaving it vulnerable to brutal price swings and the investment decisions made by big oil.
25/09 Heroin worth Rs 18 crore seized at Mumbai airport. The suspect travelled from Zambia via Addis Ababa to Mumbai was arrested after a search of her baggage resulted in recovery of 3.6kg of heroin concealed in pouches. Officials suspect that the heroin smuggled in these cases is meant for European countries using India as a transit route.
26/09 A 3,000 kg heroin catch last week at Gujarat’s Mundra port and other recent big seizures have raised questions on the flow of narcotics and their availability in India. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) last week seized 3,000 kg of almost-pure heroin — worth over Rs 21,000 crore — from Gujarat’s Mundra port.
