The Border Security Force (BSF) has established 15 Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) on the India-Bangladesh border for curbing and controlling infiltration, human trafficking and smuggling of any contraband, Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The sleuths of the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) along with Langer House Police on Sunday apprehended one drug peddler and two drug transporters who were found in illegal possession of Narcotic Drug (Ganja) at Attapur, under Langer House Police Station limits, Hyderabad.
According to the information received, following a precise tip-off, a team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted a truck in Raipur's Santoshi Nagar area on 23 June 2018 and recovered contraband weighing around 6,545 kilograms.
During the investigation, it was revealed that said contraband was to be delivered at Doha as per direction of her friend namely Mushtaqh who is resident of California.
The hexacopter drone was shot down and recovered alongwith contraband items by the alert BSF troops at about 12.55 am from the area near Metla village in the Gurdaspur district.
Assam police on Tuesday seized 11 soap cases and recovered 538.74 grams of heroin from them during a search and along with the arrest of two persons in Barpeta district, officials said on Wednesday.
Officials of Himachal Pradesh Police on Monday nabbed two persons and seized over seven kilos of contraband drugs from two different places in Hill State.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said that it has arrested a notorious drug peddler and recovered 700 grams of Charas-like contraband substance from his possession in Kulgam district.