Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) foiled a drug smuggling operation and arrested two persons, including a female Ugandan national at Mumbai airport, on Friday and seized around 1496 grammes of cocaine worth Rs 15 crore, an official said.
The court on Thursday sentenced Navdeep Singh under various sections of PMLA. It also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him, failing which Singh will have to undergo further rigorous imprisonment for three months.
The official added that the accused was wanted in multiple cases of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS)Act, and his two accomplices have already been arrested by the SSOC Amritsar after recovering 14kg of heroin from their possession.
In one of the biggest heroin seizures of this year, Punjab Police have busted two separate cross-border drug smuggling rackets with the arrest of four drug traffickers after recovering 77.8kg heroin in total and three pistols from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punja
An intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border in the Arnia sector of RS Pura in Jammu and Kashmir, said BSF officials on Monday.
In three separate cases, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel foiled drugs smuggling attempts at the International Border of West Bengal, informed the BSF in a statement.
The Israel Police reported Wednesday that after the completion of an undercover investigation officers from the Central Unit in the Coastal District foiled a drug smuggling attempt Tuesday night.
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel foiled a drug smuggling attempt and neutralised a suspected Pakistani smuggler in the Ramgarh area in the Samba sector of Jammu on Monday, the force said in a statement.
According to the information received from the police records, from January 2020 to May 2023, 5079 cases have been registered during the period, in which 5888 accused have been arrested.
Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) surveillance Saturday night identified a number of suspects who tried to smuggle drugs from Egyptian territory into Israeli over the border with the Sinai.
The Border Security Force (BSF) troops on late Sunday night recovered 2.5 kg of heroin dropped by a drone, which had entered Indian territory from the Pakistan side, near Setha Wala village in Ferozepur district.