Police seized an unaccounted cash worth over Rs 24 lakh from three individuals traveeling in a car in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district, officials said on Thursday.
In a crackdown against drug peddlers and manufacturers, Maharashtra Police have arrested five Nigerians under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) and seized around 170 grams of MD.
Drugs Control Administration, Telangana, conducted a raid in Balapur in a coordinated operation along with the Special Operations Team (SOT) and Balapur Police, seizing stocks purported to be 'Oxytocin Injections' intended for misuse in cattle, an official said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed on Wednesday that it had seized gold jewellery weighing 1,672.8 grams worth Rs 12.5 lakh in a case against Muhammed Hafeez, a close friend of the general secretary of Karnataka Youth Congress.
The man said that his 'rath' (chariot) was intended to be used only during the wedding season and will not ply on the roads otherwise. He also pointed out that similar vehicles were operating in other regions such as Bihar and Pratapgarh.
The DRI officers reached Delhi and they kept surveillance overnight and were successful in catching the prospective recipient of the seized substance who was an African national.
In a major success in curbing the drug menace, the DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) officers have knocked down an international drug smuggling syndicate seizing 9.829 kgs of Cocaine having an illicit market value of approximately Rs 100 Crores and apprehended two women passengers
According to DSP Krishna Kumar Chandrakar, two Naxalites were killed in an encounter at Dantewada's Bijapur border area of Chhattisgarh today. During the search, the police seized two knuckle dusters, a large quantity of ammunitions.
This incident follows closely on the heels of a previous assault in which an armed gang seized 286 students and staff from a school earlier this month.