Champhai Police seized over 3 kg of heroin worth Rs 15 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district on Tuesday and apprehended two drug smugglers, an official statement said.
The raids were being conducted at nine locations in Punjab and one in Haryana in connection with a criminal conspiracy hatched to raise funds for the banned terrorist outfit and also smuggle arms, ammunition and explosives for it from across the border.
The arrests and recoveries were made in Punjab's Jalalabad. An FIR has been registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) and investigation is ongoing to arrest others involved and destroy the drug supply chain, the police said.
Five red sandalwood smugglers were arrested by the task force police on Saturday in three different incidents and they seized 62 red sandalwood logs worth Rs 60 lakhs from Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district, said the officials.
Based on secret information, the police team of the Jorabat police outpost on Thursday night intercepted two four-wheelers at the Jorabat area along the Assam-Meghalaya border.
In a statement, DRI informed that specific intelligence was developed by DRI, Chennai that foreign-origin gold is being smuggled from Sri Lanka through the Vedhalai coast in Ramnad (TN) by different gangs using fishing boats.
The Border Security Force (BSF) of Meghalaya seized clothing items worth Rs 13 lakhs while being smuggled to Bangladesh from the bordering area of East Khasi Hills, informed officials on Thursday.
"Further intensifying its ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug-free state as per the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police on Wednesday launched a state-wide operation 'OPS Clean' aimed at keeping a tab on activities of persons involved in smuggling of commercial quantitie
"On the intermittent night of May 27-28, Border Security Force (BSF) troop shot down a drone (Quadcopter, DJI Matrice RTK 300) near Village Dhanoe Khurd, district Amritsar. Troops apprehended a smuggler," BSF DIG Sanjay Gaur, Amritsar said on Sunday.
Earlier on Sunday, the BSF seized a suspected packet of Heroin and shot down a drone, in two separate incidents, along the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar, BSF Punjab Frontier said.