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.
Aimed at completely securing India-Bangladesh border fencing from Bangladeshi infiltrators and smugglers, the Border Security Force (BSF) has started a scheme of beekeeping-a move expected to play an important role in preventing the fence from being cut.
In a significant breakthrough, two individuals involved in drug smuggling, were apprehended by law enforcement authorities at the Churaibari Check Post on Saturday. The suspects were trying to smuggle a substantial quantity of 20,000 Yaba tablets, valued at over fifty lakh rupees, from Assam
The Tarn Taran police yet again foiled another narcotics smuggling attempt and recovered 2 kgs of heroin. Two smugglers were arrested after a chase of 40 Kms on the Indo-Pak border.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted another branch of a gold smuggling syndicate involved in the smuggling of foreign-origin gold through land and train routes and seized a huge quantity of smuggled gold weighing 13.7 kg valued at Rs 8.5 crore on October 30-31 from Mumbai an
Troops of Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole, 145 Battalion BSF, under the south Bengal frontier, thwarted a big gold smuggling attempt and apprehended a truck driver with 60 gold biscuits while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India on November 1.
"During the search operation, at about 7:10 pm, a drone in broken condition along with 1 battery and 1 broken bottle wrapped with yellow adhesive tape, attached with a ring for hanging it with a drone, was recovered from the farming field adjacent to Village Dholan, said the statement.
Another attempt of smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone was foiled by BSF and Punjab Police on Thursday and recovered a drone during joint search operation on the outskirts of Bharopal village in Amritsar (Rural) district, said BSF.