The Malaysian authorities said that over 100 kg of cocaine and 411 kg of methenamine drugs, which were worth more than five billion Pakistani rupees, were confiscated.
The Border Security Force (BSF), under the south Bengal frontier, thwarted a unique attempt of gold smuggling and apprehended a 59-year-old man with two packets containing gold, weighing 1,059.400 grams while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India, officials said on Wednesday.
According to a press release issued by the BSF Punjab Frontier, "On the intervening night of October 12th / 13th, BSF intercepted a suspected drone as well as heard some dropping sounds near Village U/Dhaliwal, District Amritsar. As per the laid-down drill, BSF troops immediately reacted.
In a major crackdown on an international drug syndicate, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai has seized 2 kg of cocaine worth around Rs 15 crore and arrested two key associates, including a Zambian national and a Tanzanian woman, an official said on Monday.
"On the basis of profiling done by AIU batch intercepted one lady passenger, Jossy from Kozhikode, at the green channel, who arrived from Italy to Cochin via Doha vide Flight QR516," said officials.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday filed a charge comprehensive chargesheet in the NIA Special Court in Punjab's Mohali against Malkit Singh in a cross-border arms smuggling case.
Assam Rifles in a joint operation with Mizoram Police arrested five Myanmar nationals and recovered 2.61 kilograms of heroin, valued at Rs 18.3 crore, said an official statement on Saturday.
The charge sheet was filed in a special NIA court here against Amritpal Singh alias Ammy, Amrik Singh (both deported from the Philippines), Jassa Singh, and Gagandeep Singh alias Mithi. the federal agency said in a statement on Friday.
The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), a policy advocacy group representing Pakistan's largest businesses, said the combined value of smuggling, under-invoicing, mis-declaration of imports, counterfeiting and adulteration was estimated at $68 billion or 20 per cent of the formal economy.
Andhra Pradesh Police have arrested five interstate red sandalwood smugglers from Tamil Nadu and seized 275 red sandalwood worth about 2 crore rupees, said officials.