smuggling

Mandapam (Tamil Nadu), March 5 – The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) station in Mandapam successfully conducted a rapid anti-smuggling operation in the coastal waters off Vedalai, seizing approximately 280 kg of illegally harvested sea cucumbers, according to an official.The operation, which took...

London, March 4 In a major first, the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford has returned a 16th-century bronze idol to India for its journey back to the temple in Tamil Nadu where it belongs.The sacred icon of Saint Thirumankai Alvar was acquired by the museum in a Sotheby’s auction in...

New Delhi, March 3 Seven individuals were convicted in a 2015 case of smuggling fake Indian currency by a special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Visakhapatnam and sentenced to imprisonment ranging from seven to ten years, an official statement issued here on Tuesday said...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 3 The DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) said on Tuesday that it has seized approximately ₹70 crore worth of drugs in Kerala so far this financial year, and has made 21 arrests.In the latest seizure, nearly 2 kg of crystal methamphetamine was recovered from a...

Patna, March 2 – In a major crackdown ahead of Holi, police in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, seized a large quantity of illegal foreign liquor and arrested a truck driver during a special operation in the Gaighat police station area on Monday.According to officials, acting on specific intelligence...

Malkangiri (Odisha), March 2 Officers from the Odisha forest department rescued 210 live Indian flap-shell turtles on Monday, allegedly being smuggled in a vehicle in the Malkangiri district, officials said.During a search operation, forest personnel intercepted an SUV inside a forest near...

New Delhi, March 2 Customs officers at Indira Gandhi International Airport have foiled two separate attempts to smuggle gold, seizing a total of over 3.17 kilograms of gold worth approximately ₹4.35 crore and arresting three foreign nationals, officials said on Monday.In the first instance...

Patna, February 28 – In a significant breakthrough during the ongoing anti-liquor campaign, the Khajekalan Police Station in Patna recovered approximately 480 litres of foreign liquor during a raid in the Ghasiyari Gali area.The police acted on specific information that a large consignment of...

Bilaspur (HP), February 27 A group of people involved in smuggling khair (a type of wood) attempted to attack a team from the forest department after they were intercepted in the Bilaspur district, officials said on Friday.The incident took place on Thursday night when three members of the...

Patna, February 27 Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with top Bihar government officials in Purnea district on Friday to review internal security in the strategically located Seemanchal region, before concluding his three-day state tour.Those present at the meeting included Union...

Koraput, February 26 Hashish oil worth approximately Rs 225 crore was seized from a forest in the Koraput district of Odisha on Thursday, police said.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by SP Rohit Verma busted a manufacturing unit inside the Jholaput forest near the state's border with Andhra...

Imphal, February 24 Security forces arrested two individuals in the Tengnoupal district of Manipur for allegedly smuggling 24 wild mountain goats from Myanmar, police said on Tuesday.Acting on a tip-off, a team of security forces intercepted a four-wheeler in the town of Tengnoupal and...

Chandigarh, Feb 23 A day after two police personnel were found shot dead at a checkpost in Gurdaspur near the Indo-Pak border, a Pakistan-based gangster posted on social media a purported video showing an unidentified shooter firing at one of the cops at point-blank range.The same unverified...

Chandigarh, February 23 The Counter Intelligence wing of the Punjab Police claimed to have busted a drug trafficking module in Amritsar on Monday with the arrest of three persons and the recovery of 6 kg each of heroin and ICE (Crystal Methamphetamine) from their possession.Director General of...

Chandigarh, February 22 The Punjab Police has busted a cross-border arms trafficking module in Amritsar by apprehending two individuals and recovering five sophisticated pistols from their possession, officials said on Sunday.Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused were in contact...

Ahmedabad, February 22 The Indian Coast Guard has intercepted a foreign vessel in the Arabian Sea off Gujarat and apprehended four Iranian nationals after seizing 200 cartons of foreign brand cigarettes worth nearly Rs 5 crore, the ICG said on Sunday.The operation took place on Saturday off...

Mumbai, February 19 Customs officials seized 24 kg of hydroponic cannabis, valued at Rs 24.3 crore, in separate cases, and arrested six individuals at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here over the past seven days, an official said on Thursday.All the accused had arrived...

Kaushambi (UP), February 19 A police constable stationed at the Sandipan Ghat police station here has been suspended for allegedly being involved in extortion and smuggling, a senior official said on Thursday.The action was taken following a departmental inquiry into allegations that Constable...

Aizawl, February 17 Mizoram Governor, General Vijay Kumar Singh (retired), said on Tuesday that the state had reported a significant crackdown on cross-border smuggling and drug trafficking during the 2025-26 fiscal, with law enforcement agencies seizing drugs worth Rs 1,047 crore.Addressing...

Ahmedabad, February 17 The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Coast Guard have apprehended two Iranian nationals with over 200 kg of a chemical substance in the high seas off the Gujarat coast, an official said on Tuesday.The ATS received information about a suspected chemical being...