The Guwahati Customs Department apprehended three accused and seized 103 gold biscuits weighing 2.60 kg at the Indo-Bhutan border near Darranga LCS, Assam, Customs officials said on Wednesday.
Notably, the Enforcement Directorate has seized Rs 36 lakh in cash and two cars after it conducted searches at the residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, sources in the central agency said on Tuesday.
Customs officers at Calicut International Airport seized gold disguised as seven silver-coloured spoons and three L-shaped keys weighing 250 grams from the checked-in baggage of a passenger.
Assam Rifles seized 120 tonnes of areca nuts worth Rs 14.32 crore in an operation launched on National Highway 29 in Nagaland's Kohima on January 29, said police.
Border Security Force (BSF) seized more than 18,000 kg of sugar from different bordering districts of Meghalaya, which were meant to be smuggled across the border to Bangladesh, an official statement said on Tuesday.
The court was seized with a number of applications to refer the present appeals to the three-judge committee that decides benches to hear petitions under Section 2 of the SC (Practice and Procedure) Act, 2023, for the reconstitution of a bench by excluding Justice Masood.
A team from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized a luxury car belonging to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren from his Delhi residence in connection with the ongoing probe into a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.
The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Crime Branch police raided various locations and arrested 11 people, including two most wanted drug peddlers in separate operations. A total of 1.130 KG of MD (mephedrone) worth around Rs 2.22 crore was seized from them, officials said on Monday.
Foiling a fresh attempt of drug smuggling at the India-Bangladesh International Border, the Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested two Bangladeshi smugglers and seized 1,457 Phensedyl bottles.
"A total of 56 electric meters were imported in these eight consignments. 56 back covers of these electric meters containing 16.67 kg gold and 39.73 kg silver, having an approximate market value of Rs. 10.66 crore, have been seized," the Ministry of Finance said in a press release.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Kochi Airport has seized 848.75 gms of suspected foreign-origin gold in a compund form, worth approximately Rs 44 lakh, an official statement said on Sunday.