Tirupati task force police have arrested 20 smugglers and seized red sandalwood logs worth up to Rs 50 lakhs in three areas of Rajampet and Tirupati districts, the officials said.
"In yet another success in its crusade against smuggling activities, the Serchhip Battalion of 23 Sector Assam Rifles, under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), recovered 62 cases of foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 80.6 lakh in general area Tlangsam, Champhai, and 73 gms o
Based on secret input, Partha Sarathi Mahanta, DIG (STF), Assam police planned out an operation and directed the STF team to carry out a search operation to detect and apprehend the miscreants involved in it.
Bapatla district SP Vakul Jindal said, "Chirala rural CI along with his staff caught the people supplying ganja at Rajiv Swagruha Colony near Vetapalem bypass and seized 55 kg from them and arrested 27 accused who are involved in the supply of ganja."
The release said, "On 14 July 2023, vigilant troops of BSF Meghalaya seized 7 country-made engine-fitted boats loaded with huge quantities of sugar meant for smuggling to Bangladesh through the international border of West Jaintia Hills."
In a joint operation with Assam Rifles, Kalain police of Assam's Cachar district recovered and seized 400 Gelatine Sticks and an equal number of detonators from a vehicle at Kalain Masimpur road on Friday, police said.
Customs officials have arrested one passenger, holder of Republic of Liberia passport from Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi and recovered 34 capsules containing a narcotic substance white coloured powder/granules, the officials said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized Rs 3.94 crore in a case against Pigeon Education Technology India Private Limited under provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, the central agency said in a Twitter post on Friday.
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