In a statement, Police Commissioner Senthil Kumar said, "Police seized 567 packets of banned tobacco, 333 grams of ganja and 60 bottles of liquor illegally stashed in a simultaneous raid across Madurai city."
The police have arrested eight persons in the cases of robbery and dacoity and seized property worth over Rs 90 lakhs in two different cases, the police said on Wednesday.
In a joint operation with the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), the Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch (SIIB) of Kochi Customs seized a total of 3,261 gm of gold worth Rs 1.28 crore in three instances at Kochi airport on Wednesday.
According to police, based on tip-off a team of Guwahati city police led by Joint Commissioner Partha Sarathi Mahanta and ADCP Kalyan Pathak conducted the operation and recovered 50,000 Yaba tablets and 200 grams of Heroin from an ambulance.
NCB Mumbai has busted an inter-state drug trafficking syndicate supplying drugs in Dharavi, Mumbai, wherein a total of illicitly diverted 1407 CBCS bottles (140 kgs) and 6000 Nitrazepam tablets (3.6 kgs) were seized from Mumbai, Thane & Navi Mumbai in multiple on-field operations.
The Customs department has seized 2,302 grams of gold worth Rs 86 lakhs at Kochi airport from two Indian citizens and one Sri Lankan citizen in different instances.
In a major breakthrough against drug cartels, the Tinsukia district police on Saturday seized heroin worth lakhs and arrested four in connection with the case, officials said.