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Drug seizure value mounts to Rs. 435 crore
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Drug seizure value mounts to Rs. 435 crore

August 2, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: The investigation into the Rs. 390-crore Mephedrone (MD) haul by Mumbai Police has led to yet another major seizure — 22 kilograms of the contraband worth Rs. 44 crore — from Hiranandani area of Powai in Mumbai on Thursday. Along with drug, chemicals worth Rs. 16 lakh used in its manufacture were also confiscated….

Drug quantity seized from Mysuru shed: Mismatch flagged in figures given by Mumbai, Mysuru Police
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Drug quantity seized from Mysuru shed: Mismatch flagged in figures given by Mumbai, Mysuru Police

August 2, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru:  State Secretary of Karnataka Rashtra Samiti Party, Ravikumar, has called for a high-level investigation into discrepancies between data provided by the Maharashtra Police and the Mysuru City Police regarding the quantity of mephedrone (MD) seized from a drug manufacturing unit located along the Outer Ring Road. Addressing a press conference at Pathrakarthara Bhavan yesterday,…

Ordinary shed, extraordinary crime
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Ordinary shed, extraordinary crime

August 1, 2025

Inside an illegally built shed operated a drug factory with AC rooms, cellars & hi-tech equipment Mysore/Mysuru: At first glance, it looked like a nondescript car shed — its walls of corrugated metal sheets standing quietly beside Outer Ring Road service lane. Two cars parked inside reinforced the illusion of a modest garage. But behind…

From parks, tea shops to puncture stalls: Tight Police net on narcotics
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From parks, tea shops to puncture stalls: Tight Police net on narcotics

August 1, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: Following the recent bust of an MDMA production unit at Belavatha on Mysuru’s Outer Ring Road, the City Police have intensified their crackdown on narcotics across the city. Acting on fresh intelligence, officers under the jurisdiction of Nazarbad Police Station carried out targeted raids, vehicle checks and house searches in Raghavendranagar’s EWS Quarters late…

Cops suspended over lapses in drug case
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Cops suspended over lapses in drug case

July 31, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: Disciplinary action has been initiated against two Police personnel in connection with the discovery of an MDMA manufacturing unit at a garage on Outer Ring Road in Belavatta, Mysuru. Following preliminary findings of dereliction of duty, Beat Constable Anil and Special Branch (SB) Head Constable Anjaneya, both attached to Narasimharaja Police Station, have been…

Huge seizure of drugs in city: BJP Yuva Morcha stages protest, demands Home Minister’s resignation
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Huge seizure of drugs in city: BJP Yuva Morcha stages protest, demands Home Minister’s resignation

July 30, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: The City BJP Yuva Morcha workers staged a protest at the premises of new Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Siddarthanagar here this morning, against the unabated drug menace in city. The protesters, led by City BJP Yuva Morcha President R. Rakesh Gowda, raised slogans against the State Government, alleging that the Home Ministry has completely…

Drug seizure: Excise Department conducts citywide raids
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Drug seizure: Excise Department conducts citywide raids

July 30, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: In the aftermath of a major drug bust reported in Mysuru by the Mumbai Police with the assistance of Mysuru City Police, Mysuru’s Excise Department launched an emergency crackdown across several city localities to reinforce public safety and enforce excise laws. The operation, led by the Deputy Superintendent of Excise, Mysuru Sub-Division, mobilised personnel…

Drugs worth Rs. 390 cr. seized during raid in city
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Drugs worth Rs. 390 cr. seized during raid in city

July 29, 2025

Mumbai Zone 10 DCP reveals details of 192.53 kg Mephedrone drug bust in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: In a follow-up to the massive anti-narcotics operation conducted on July 26, the Police have confirmed that the clandestine drug manufacturing unit unearthed in Mysuru was producing Mephedrone (commonly known as MD) worth Rs. 390 crore in the international market….

‘Mysuru’s drug mafia your grant?’
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‘Mysuru’s drug mafia your grant?’

July 29, 2025

R. Ashoka asks Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Mysore/Mysuru: In a blistering political attack, Opposition Leader in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashoka has held Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accountable for the surge of drug mafia activity in Mysuru —his home district. Responding to a recent remark by his son Dr. Yathindra Siddaramaiah, who said, “Others gave a little,…

Home Minister terms Mysuru MDMA seizure deeply alarming
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Home Minister terms Mysuru MDMA seizure deeply alarming

July 28, 2025

Davangere: Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara has termed the seizure of a massive cache of MDMA in Mysuru as deeply alarming, noting with concern that such large-scale drug activity was taking place within Karnataka. He confirmed that the State Police will conduct an independent probe into the incident. According to preliminary reports, the Maharashtra Anti-Narcotics…

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