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.
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.
The day after unidentified assailants targeted the Border Security Force (BSF) with a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, the border personnel on Sunday recovered illegal weapons in Ferozepur, another district bordering Pakistan, during a search operation.
Enforcement Directorate has seized gold worth Rs 2.51 crore from the premises of an alleged beneficiary of Kerala's gold smuggling case in Malappuram under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the official said on Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir police in a joint operation with Rashtriya Rifles on Friday foiled an infiltration and smuggling attempt from the PoK side of LoC in the Uri sector.
Since January 1 till November 30 this year, the troops of BSF under Guwahati Frontier have rescued 8,678 cattle heads, seized 41,876 phensydyl bottles, 5,023 kgs of ganja, 43,719 Yaba tablets (worth Rs 2.18 crore) and 5,13,000 FICN, added officials.
The Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Wednesday, seized 143 kg of drugs worth Rs 478 crores in Vadodra, as a part of tight expenditure vigil in Gujarat Assembly Elections, Election Commission of India (ECI) informed in a statement.