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Gujarat police drug and liquor seizures

Overview

The Gujarat Anti‑Narcotics Task Force and local law enforcement continued their crackdown on illegal substances and unlicensed goods through August 2026.

In early August, the State Monitoring Cell intercepted a truck on National Highway 27 in Banaskantha, seizing over 16,000 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor worth approximately ₹1.05 crore. The operation, which included the recovery of cash and mobile phones, led to the arrest of two Rajasthan nationals, driver Omprakash Kakal and cleaner Jitendrakumar Kakal. Concurrently, in Kutch, the Special Operations Group of the Eastern Kutch Police seized assets worth ₹22.31 lakh linked to drug trafficker Pintu Vedanand (also known as Bedanand Yadav). This seizure, which included a house and three vehicles, marked the first use of the Drug Trafficking and Foreign Exchange Manipulation (Property Seizure) Act of 1976 in three years.

Later in August, enforcement actions expanded to include narcotics and unregulated consumer goods in Ahmedabad. The Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) raided ‘Anki Herbal’ in Tragad, discovering the unlicensed manufacturing and repackaging of cosmetics such as shampoos and fairness creams; the investigation has since extended to ‘Ravi Marketing’ in Odhav. Additionally, Ahmedabad city police arrested 22-year-old Naresh Sain in Naroda following a tip-off, seizing 234.01 grams of cocaine valued at an estimated ₹1.17 crore. Police are investigating two other individuals suspected of involvement in the procurement and supply of the narcotics.

Entities

Pintu Vedanand · Naroda Police Station · Ashutosh Pandya · Anki Herbal · Omprakash Kakal

Claims

What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.

[● 3 SOURCES] Jaykaran Prajapat was arrested in Valsad district, Gujarat for practicing medicine without a medical degree.
[● 3 SOURCES] Police seized 31 brands of allopathic medicines worth over 53,000 rupees (₹53,751.20).
[● 3 SOURCES] An FIR was filed under Indian Penal Code 2023 section 125 and the Medical Practitioners Act section 30.
[● 3 SOURCES] The arrest follows earlier crackdowns on fake doctors in Dahod (July) and Anand (June).
[● 3 SOURCES] Between 2021 and 2023 Gujarat received 2,724 complaints about fake doctors, uncovering 169 fake degrees and filing 154 FIRs.
[● 3 SOURCES] The operation was directed by Inspector General of Police Prem Veer Singh, Superintendent Dr. Yuvraj Singh Jadhav, and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Sandeep T.
[● 3 SOURCES] Jaykaran Prajapat lived in a rented house near Valwery Phatak in Kaprada taluka and is originally from Bhatpurwa Samuh, Ghatsampur taluka, Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh.
[● 3 SOURCES] The seized medicines were allopathic drugs.

Timeline

1 day ago

[CRIME] 2 sources
Gujarat authorities seize cocaine and unlicensed cosmetics in Ahmedabad raids
Police and drug control authorities in Gujarat seized 1.17 crore rupees worth of cocaine and over 2.68 lakh rupees in unlicensed cosmetic products during separate raids in Ahmedabad.
22 days ago

[CRIME] 5 sources
Gujarat Police seize over Rs 1.2 crore liquor and ₹22.3 lakh drug assets
Gujarat Police seized liquor worth over Rs 1.2 crore on NH27 and assets worth ₹22.3 lakh linked to drug trafficker Pintu Vedanand, arresting two Rajasthan men.
28 days ago

[CRIME] 2 sources
Gujarat Police Seize 540 Pentazocine Injections in Bharuch
Gujarat police seized 540 pentazocine injections worth about ₹53,480 in Bharuch, arrested a 31‑year‑old scrap dealer, and named Mumbai resident Ashutosh Pandya as a wanted suspect.

Sources

acvila30.ro · bhaskarhindi.com · bilkulonline.com · indias.news · latestly.com · samacharnama.com · socialnews.xyz · tennews.in · udaipurkiran.com

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