Chandigarh: The Border Security Force (BSF) in the past two days has seized heroin worth Rs 250 crore in the international market from the Khemkaran sector near Amritsar. On Tuesday 18 kilogram heroin was seized which was worth Rs 90 crore and on Wednesday another 32 kilogram heroin was seized worth Rs 160 crore.
This drug haul comes after the massive one in Mohali in which heroin worth Rs 130 crore was seized.
Meanwhile, boxer Vijender Singh was given a clean chit for drug consumption. The Sports Ministry said that he tested negative for banned substances.
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09:27 AM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Sports Ministry announced on Tuesday that Olympic medallist Vijender Singh's samples tested negative for drugs. The boxer was alleged to have consumed recreational drugs with sparring partner Ram Singh. The Beijing Olympics bronze medalist had submitted his blood and urine samples to the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after being directed by the Ministry. "Vijender Singh along with four others was subjected to an out of competition test...
05:24 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Fatehgarh Sahib: Boxer Ram Singh was on Sunday remanded in two-day police custody in connection with a drug haul case, in which the name of Olympic medallist and renowned pugilist Vijender Singh had cropped up. Ram Singh, the sparring partner of Vijender Singh, was remanded in police custody till April 9 by a local court in Fatehgarh Sahib. Singh, who has been recently dismissed as Head Constable of Punjab Police,...
11:34 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Chandigarh: India's Olympic medallist Vijender Singh has not shown up for the boxing trial camp in Patiala. Participation in the boxing camp is necessary for the boxer's selection. Boxing Federation Vice President Nivaran Mukherjee said, "Vijender hasn't come for the trials. If he doesn't attend the camp tomorrow he will fail to qualify or the next tournament." On Friday, the Punjab Police had said that the boxer has not been...
10:14 AM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Mounting pressure on India's Olympic champion Vijender Singh, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that the entire episode is disappointing for the youngsters and all the sportspersons. Singh also said that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) allows all drug tests and that Vijender can be checked for heroin as well. Unhappy with the tests carried out by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), the police said that vital...
10:59 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Chandigarh: The rift between the Punjab Police and the Sports Ministry over India's Olympic champion Vijender Singh is out in the open now. Unhappy with the tests carried out by NADA, the police said that vital hair follicle test used to detect heroin use has been left out. Instead blood and urine tests have been conducted which hold good only for a couple of days after the consumption of drugs....
07:45 AM, Apr 04, 2013
In a major twist in the Mohali drug haul case, Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested boxer Ram Singh, claiming that his brother-in-law was a proclaimed offender in drug trafficking and that the boxer was in constant touch with him. ...
08:18 PM, Apr 03, 2013
India's Olympic champion Vijender Singh, who consumed heroin as many as 12 times according to the police, on Wednesday underwent National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) drug test but was not put through the hair follicle test, which is the main indicator of heroin. NADA, who had earlier refused to test Vijender for heroin, only tested the boxer's blood and urine sample. ...
07:24 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The Sports Ministry on Tuesday rejecting National Anti-Doping Agency's arguments against heroin test on boxer Vijender Singh, said that NADA will have to conduct the test, according to sources. ...
08:37 PM, Apr 02, 2013
A day after the Sports Ministry asked the National Anti-Doping Agency to test Olympian boxer Vijender Singh for heroin, the drug testing body has said it cannot do so. ...
07:30 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Lawyer Mukul Khanna said that a hair test on Olympian boxer Vijender Singh will be inconclusive as it won't reveal the quantity of the drug consumed. ...
03:57 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has refused to go with the Sports Ministry's request that Olympian boxer Vijender Singh be tested for heroin. NADA has made it clear that it is bound by international protocol and it can only test Vijender's blood and urine samples and not hair follicles as required while testing for heroin. ...
01:13 PM, Apr 02, 2013
A big question mark remains on whether India's champion boxer Vijender Singh will be tested by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for heroin consumption or not. CNN-IBN has learned that NADA may throw the rule book at the Sports Ministry after the Sports Ministry asked it to test the Olympic boxer. ...
11:46 AM, Apr 02, 2013
A day after the Sports Ministry asked the National Anti-Doping Agency to test Olympian boxer Vijender Singh for heroin, the drug testing body has said it cannot do so. According to sources, NADA says it can only test for performance enhancing drugs and since heroin is not considered as one, it cannot take his sample out of competition. ...
09:21 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Olympian boxer Vijender Singh continues to sink deeper into trouble with each passing day. The Sports Ministry has instructed the National Anti-doping Agency to test the boxing star for heroin consumption after the Punjab Police pointed towards repeated use of the drug by Vijender. ...
08:44 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The Sports Ministry swung into action on Monday and asked the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) to carry out tests on boxer Vijender Singh for alleged drug use. The Ministry's strong statement came hours after the Punjab Police was "advised" by the District Attorney of Fatehgarh Saheb against collecting the Olympian medallist's blood and hair samples for testing. Vijender and fellow boxer Ram Singh are under scrutiny for alleged involvement in...
06:51 PM, Apr 01, 2013
In a big blow to India's champion boxer, the Punjab Police has for the first time confirmed that Olympian boxer Vijender Singh did take drugs, saying he took heroin nearly 12 times between December 2012 and February 2013. The police are now trying to prove this forensically. Is this going to turn into a knock-out punch for the celebrity pugilist? CNN-IBN's deputy sports editor Digvijay Singh Deo joined IBNLive readers...
05:26 PM, Apr 01, 2013
In a setback for the Punjab Police investigating the Mohali drug haul case, the district attorney of Fatehgarh Saheb on Monday advised its probe team against collecting blood and hair samples of boxer Vijender Singh. The police had earlier on Monday collected the blood and hair samples of boxer Ram Singh and had sought a legal opinion from the district attorney about taking samples from Vijender. ...
05:16 PM, Apr 01, 2013
The Punjab Police has collected the hair and blood samples of boxer Ram Singh in the Mohali drug haul case. It now remains to be seen whether Olympian Vijender Singh will be next as the police have said that he consumed drugs. ...
12:19 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Punjab Police claimed the value of drugs seized from alleged NRI narcotics dealer Anoop Singh Kahlon's house was to the tune of Rs 484 crore. Citing the figure given by Kahlon and Kulwant Singh, who were arrested by Fatehgarh Sahib police in the heroin seizure case, police said the wholesale price of the seized drug in the international market was Rs 121 crore and its retail price was approximately Rs...
10:07 AM, Apr 01, 2013
