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Gujarat police drug and liquor seizures

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The Gujarat Anti‑Narcotics Task Force’s crackdown Force and local law enforcement continued into late July their crackdown on illegal substances and early unlicensed goods through August 2026. On 31 July, officers raided a rented shop in Bharuch’s Ansar market, seizing 540 vials of the prohibited painkiller pentazocine lactate (valued at about ₹53,480), a mobile phone and cash, and arresting 31‑year‑old scrap dealer Sarfaraz Ahmed. Police also listed Mumbai resident Ashutosh Pandya as a wanted suspect, indicating a broader distribution network under investigation. A week later, In early August, the State Monitoring Cell seized more than intercepted a truck on National Highway 27 in Banaskantha, seizing over 16,000 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor on National Highway 27 in Banaskantha, worth roughly approximately ₹1.05 crore, bringing crore. The operation, which included the total seized value recovery of cash and mobile phones, led to about ₹1.20 crore. Two the arrest of two Rajasthan nationals, driver Omprakash Kakal and cleaner Jitendrakumar Kakal, were detained. In a separate operation 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—including Vedanand (also known as Bedanand Yadav). This seizure, which included a house and three vehicles—were confiscated under vehicles, marked the 1976 first use of the Drug Trafficking and Foreign Exchange Manipulation (Property Seizure) Act, valued at ₹22.31 lakh. The Act of 1976 in three years. Later in August, enforcement actions were overseen by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghvi and DGP G. S. Malik. These coordinated raids illustrate Gujarat’s sustained, multi‑pronged effort expanded to dismantle illegal drug include narcotics and liquor networks through seizures, asset forfeiture unregulated consumer goods in Ahmedabad. The Food and targeted arrests. 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.

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  1. 2026-08-28 09:25 UTC Gujarat police drug and liquor seizures
  2. 2026-08-08 12:25 UTC Gujarat police drug and liquor seizures
  3. 2026-08-07 08:13 UTC Gujarat police drug and liquor seizures

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