On the basis of secret information regarding cross-border smuggling of arms and ammunition, a team of Counter Intelligence Amritsar carried out a search operation in the area of village Kakkar and successfully recovered four pistols along with magazines from a field, police said.
In an official statement, CISF said that the arrested accused was identified as Karibil Haque, an Indian national, who arrived from Dubai on an Air India flight.
"On specific information, alert BSF troops recovered a Pakistani drone (DJI Matrice 300 RTK) on June 22, during morning hours along with 2 kg (appx) suspected heroin near the international border in Jodhawala village of Fazilka district," BSF Punjab Frontier said.
The customs officials claimed to have seized foreign brands of smuggled cigarettes worth Rs 303 million last week during an anti-smuggling campaign launched in all four provinces.
According to police, two bike-riding men dressed in white clothes fired more than 15 rounds at the public and customers of the shop and fled. The entire incident was captured in a CCTV installed there.
The Border Security Force (BSF), belonging to the 35 Battalion under the South Bengal Frontier, on Thursday, apprehended a man for allegedly possessing gold worth Rs 16,46,190, weighing 277.37 grams from his possession, said a statement by BSF.
Following a crowded ship's sinking in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, nine crew members have been detained for people smuggling, killing dozens of people, reported CNN.
Anti Narcotics cell of Mumbai police has arrested two persons and seized 570 bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup(CBCS) worth Rs 2.85 lakhs, the Mumbai police said on Thursday.
Samba Police achieved major success and solved the Rangoor firing case within hours after the commission of the offence and arrested three heroin smugglers and recovered 2.080 kg heroin from them, an official statement said.
Presiding over a 'Chintan Shivir' of IPS officers posted in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and National Security Guard (NSG) here, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday stressed upon the need to have utmost vigilance at the border to ensure that there is no infiltration and smugglin