The vigilant jawans of BSF arrested an Indian smuggler with 9 gold bricks and 21 gold biscuits while attempting to smuggle the gold by throwing the consignment over the fence, weighing around 7.87 kg and is valued at Rs 5.82 crore, said BSF in an official statement.
The state government had earlier sent a notice to the club for being constructed in a public area. It was also reported that the club was alleged to be at the centre of smuggling and other anti-social activities.
The seizure was made on July 9 during a Long Range Patrolling operation launched in the Southern Sub Sector, covering areas such as Chismule, Narbula top, Zakle, and Zakla. The ITBP team was deployed to check infiltration and smuggling attempts along the border.
100 live turtles were confiscated by the Uttar Pradesh Police after they nabbed a smuggler who deals in the smuggling of turtles and other extinct species on Tuesday.
The Taiwan Coast Guard on Saturday apprehended five people suspected of smuggling goods from the Kinmen island to China's shores. One of the arrested persons is a soldier in Taiwan's Army, Taiwan News reported.
The Border Security Force has intensified its operation against touts and trans-border criminals in order to clamp down on the influx of Bangladeshi nationals and smuggling of contraband items in the state of Tripura, BSF Inspector General, Patel Piyush Purushottam Das said.
Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a narcotic substance suspected to be heroin from a farming field in Gurdaspur on Saturday morning, BSF said in a press release.
The vigilant jawans of the 68 Battalion stationed in Nadia district under BSF, South Bengal Frontier, in a joint operation with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Kolkata, arrested 7 smugglers in 4 consecutive search operations at Seemanagar on State Highway No. 11 in Nadia distr