Police arrested 11 persons for their alleged involvement in fake gold smuggling in Assam's Sonitpur district. Based on secret information, Sonitpur district police on Saturday launched operations at several places in the district and caught 11 persons from different parts of the district.
Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) have shot down a Pakistani drone and seized a bag containing suspected narcotics from Punjab's Amritsar, officials said on Saturday.
"During the search, troops recovered 2 packets of narcotic substances (Gross wt - 2.1 Kgs) and 1 Pistol (without magazine and ammunition) kept inside a waterproof bag, from a farming field," read an official release.
DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav has also declared a reward of Rs 1 lakh for providing information on drone movement leading to the recovery of weapons/narcotics.
In a massive day-long operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in coordination with Punjab and Haryana Police, on Wednesday raided 324 locations as part of "Operation Dhvast" in eight states in terrorist-gangster-drug smugglers nexus cases.