In a significant move, officials from the Kasibugga Forest Department caught a gang of inter-state smugglers involved in the illegal transportation of exotic wild animals.
"The vehicle was illegally transporting the cattle. The police team apprehended two persons, Iman Ali (36) and Sofiqul Haque (30), both hailing from Nagaon district. The vehicle has been seized along with 30 cattle heads and other items in the presence of the witnesses," the official said.
Amritsar Police on Thursday busted an international narco smuggling cartel backed by the US with the arrest of a drug smuggler after recovering 5 kg of heroin from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.
"We caught a person and recovered 30 soap boxes and four leather bags containing heroin weighing 4.765 kg from his possession. The market value of the seized drugs is estimated at around Rs 24 crore," ASP Subrata Sen said.
Taking to its social media handle, Uttarkashi Police posted on X, "Major action by Uttarkashi Police on wildlife smuggling. A joint team of SOG, Purola police station and WCCB arrested a smuggler smuggling leopard skin. 2 skins were recovered."
In an anti-smuggling operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai Zonal Unit on Wednesday seized approx 28 lakh peacock tail feathers that were being smuggled from India to China, by means of concealment and misdeclaration in an export cargo declared as "Door Mat made up o
Guwahati city police on Friday recovered 20 live cattle carried inside two vehicles during a checkpoint at the Jorabat Link Road near Guwahati. Four people were arrested on the spot for smuggling the cattle.
The Border Security Force (BSF), South Bengal Frontier, foiled two separate gold smuggling attempts at the Indo-Bangladesh border, arrested two smugglers and recovered 28 gold biscuits, an official said on Wednesday.
Customs officials seized 1997.96 grams of smuggled gold (12 bars and 5 coins) worth Rs 1.28 crore from one person at Guwahati Railway Station, said customs officials on Monday.
Border Security Force (BSF) troops foiled a smuggling bid and apprehended one woman Narcotic smuggler with prohibited Yaba tablets on the Indo-Bangladesh international border on February 5.
Border Security Force (BSF) seized more than 18,000 kg of sugar from different bordering districts of Meghalaya, which were meant to be smuggled across the border to Bangladesh, an official statement said on Tuesday.