In a pan-India operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a gold smuggling syndicate of Sudanese nationals operating through the Nepal border, said a press release by the Ministry of Finance.
In a major crackdown on gangsters, working in tandem with terrorist groups and drug smugglers based in foreign countries including Pakistan and Canada, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at 76 locations across 8 states on Tuesday, an official statement said.
Earlier in 2020, a bust of Chhatrapati Shivaji was removed by the local administration using a JCB machine in Sausar town in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police claimed to have busted a job fraud racket operating in as many as 17 states in India and arrested its mastermind from Bihar.
Delhi police busted an interstate arms trafficking syndicate with the arrest of two key members including a juvenile during a raid from New Delhi's Kalinidi Kunj area, officials said on Saturday.
According to the police, the accused persons had extorted about Rs 5,79,500 from the complainant and had demanded more money for settling the matter with the girl's family.
The sleuths also found incriminating documents pertaining to US nationals, crypto investments, chats containing details of the fraud and scripts for talking to US citizens.
Delhi Police conducted a raid and busted a racket of preparing forged documents in Jahangirpuri and also arrested three persons in this connection, officials said on Monday.