Former Pakistan skipper and fast bowling legend Wasim Akram has opened up on his struggle with a cocaine addiction after his cricket career ended, in his upcoming autobiography Sultan: A Memoir.
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The drug network was busted based on an intelligence input received by the Crime Branch, he said, adding that three persons were arrested and a case has been registered by the DRI.
According to the official, two Punjab residents were arrested following the recovery of one of the biggest narcotic haul this year from Banihal area along Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
Punjab police have arrested an Indian-origin transnational drug lord, wanted by the FBI in connection with one of the largest narcotics seizures in the US. Shehnaz Singh, also known as Shawn Bhinder, had been operating under the guise of a transportation business in Canada since 2014 and allegedly facilitated the movement of drugs from Colombia to the US and Canada via Mexico. Bhinder was arrested in Ludhiana, Punjab, after he had managed to give a slip to FBI sleuths and clandestinely landed in India. He was wanted by the FBI in connection with a seizure of 391 kg methamphetamine, 109 kg cocaine, four sophisticated weapons, and vehicles from six of his associates on February 26, 2025.
Former Australia captain Tim Paine has slammed the lack of transparency surrounding Kagiso Rabada's failed drug test.
The woman, who is in her mid-20s, used to work for BJP leader Rakesh Singh.
Russian officials and state media on Saturday celebrated United States President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodomyr Zelensky's unprecedented clash at the White House.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 56 kg of cocaine from a container near the Mundra port in Gujarat's Kutch district, a DRI official said on Thursday.
Australia's Olympic hockey player Tom Craig was arrested in Paris and is being held in custody for buying cocaine, a police union source said on Wednesday.
According to officials, Aman Preet Singh is among five people arrested as customers.
British player Dan Evans has been provisionally suspended after admitting on Friday that he had failed a doping test for cocaine at the Barcelona Open in April.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing leader Pamela Goswami was arrested with cocaine from south Kolkata's upscale New Alipore area on Friday, the police said.
The former Colombian goalkeeper tested positive for cocaine for the second time in two years and has been sacked by his club Aucus.
The 29-year-old has played over 100 games for Australia and was a member of the team that won the men's silver at the Tokyo Olympics.
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The former England all rounder admitted he had a cocaine habit so severe that he has no recollection of two days' Test cricket commentary.
Embattled French tennis player Richard Gasquet, who tested positive for cocaine in March, said on Friday he had never knowingly used the banned substance.
French tennis player Richard Gasquet tested positive for cocaine at a tournament in Miami last month, the world number 23 said on Sunday. If Gasquet fails to clear his name, he could face a two-year suspension from the sport.
Andhra Pradesh police have approached embassies of three countries to crackdown on sources of contraband substances supply, particularly cocaine to Hyderabad after busting seven gangs, involving foreign nationals, during the last six months.
The actor had been caught with possession of cocaine in May 2001.
The hospital authorities also distributed copies of the Lal's report which showed the presence of drugs, including cocaine metaboloids and cannabinoids.
Police seized 43 tablets of 'ecstasy' and 10 grammes of cocaine from them.
Young Pakistan left-arm spinner Raza Hasan faces a possible two-year ban from all forms of cricket after testing positive for cocaine following a dope test carried out at the WADA-accredited laboratory in India.
Delhi Police on Thursday arrested another person in connection with the city's biggest-ever drug haul with investigators finding that the main accused had alleged links with leaders of a national political party, officials said.
Sources said while the test report of Rahul showed presence of the two psychotropic substances, the gastric lavage of Maitra showed traces of ethanol also besides metabolites of heroin and cocaine.
The father has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and possession of cocaine.
Hull City midfielder Jake Livermore, who tested positive for cocaine in April, is set to avoid a ban due to extenuating circumstances, British media reported on Wednesday.
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Heavyweight world boxing champion Tyson Fury has tested positive for cocaine, ESPN reported on Friday citing a leaked letter sent by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA).
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The arrests have been made by officials of Sector 126 police station as part of a crackdown on narcotics ordered by police commissioner Laxmi Singh, deputy commissioner of police (Noida) Harish Chander said.
The suspicious bags were "intercepted by the Security and Safety Service" last week, UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky said. The white bags had no name or address but had a poor image of the blue UN logo stamped on them.
"I have tested positive but I have never taken drugs and I feel 100 per cent innocent," the five-time grand slam champion from Switzerland told a news conference. Fighting back tears and with her voice cracking, Hingis read from a written statement before leaving the room without answering questions.
Around 1.5 grams of cocaine, with international market price of about Rs 5,000, was found in his possession at the time of arrest.
Frenchman Richard Gasquet has been cleared over a positive cocaine test after sport's highest court accepted that he was probably contaminated inadvertently by kissing a woman in a nightclub.
"The raid was carried out around 0430 hrs acting on a tip off that drugs was being consumed in a party at an apartment in Nauji Mansion of Colaba area," an official from the Anti-Narcotics Cell, said. The apartment is owned by trader Ranjit Batla and the six other men caught were also traders.
Search of two premises of a firm called Apex Medichem Private Limited on Saturday led to the seizures, he said.
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