According to Pranab Jyoti Goswami, CPRO of Assam police, "Acting on intelligence input, a team of STF conducted a raid inside ISBT, Betkuchi under Gorchuk police station on Wednesday and apprehended a drug peddler while he was trying to smuggle contraband."
On examination, 24 oval-shaped balls of gold dust in wax form, weighing 12.5 kg and valued at Rs 9.95 crore, were recovered, they said, adding that the gold was seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.
In a significant operation to counter cross-border smuggling in Mizoram, Assam Rifles, in collaboration with the Land Customs Station seized foreign-origin contraband valued at Rs 12.15 lakh in Zokhawthar, a press release said on Sunday.
The Drug Disposal Committee for Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police on Tuesday disposed of 37,000 bottles of contraband phensedyl cough syrup at Panikhaiti area, outskirts of Guwahati.
Working continuously to tackle smuggling of narcotics and various contraband across India's international borders, Guwahati Frontier of Border Security Force (BSF), seized narcotics worth Rs 12.7 crore that included phenyl, gold, Yaba tablets, ganja and other contraband items from January
The Delhi High Court has recently granted bail to a Canadian citizen accused in an NDPS case. The court noted that he has no past criminal record and that recovery of contraband was not effective for him. He was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on February 6, 2024.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) Northeast Frontier Railway recovered contraband and narcotics worth Rs 1.42 crore in the month of October, said an official statement by the railways.
Public prosecutor Shailesh Parmar said, "In a joint operation- Gujarat ATS, Navy and NCB arrested eight Iranian nationals with 700 kgs of contraband drug...The accused have been remanded to 4 days police custody...Further investigation is underway."
According to the Deputy Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau, Neeraj Kumar Gupta, this seizure was a result of a concerted effort made by the team NCB on the leads developed during a previous seizure in March 2024 and August 2024. After working on the leads generated in these cas
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah congratulated security agencies for busting an international drug trafficking cartel and seizing 700 kg of contraband methamphetamine in Gujarat on Friday.
Punjab Police on Friday arrested two operatives of the Portugal-based gangster Manpreet Singh, alias Mannu Ghanshampuria, in a breakthrough in the fight against illegal arms smuggling, according to an official press release.