Eight Palestinians were caught being smuggled into Jerusalem by the drivers of a private ambulance dressed as medical personnel on Saturday night, Israel's Border Police announced on Sunday.
Acting on specific information, troops of the 193 Batallion of BSF Meghalaya, rescued 28 cattle loaded into two vehicles en route to the international border, meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh.
According to an official release, specific intelligence was developed by the officers of DRI that foreign-origin gold is being smuggled into India from Srilanka through the Vedhalai coast in Ramnathapuram District by a gang using a fishing boat.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has thwarted smuggling of gold in Odisha, recovering 65 pieces of smuggled gold bullion, weighing 9180 grams, valued at Rs. 6,44,46,164, said the agency.
In a joint operation, Assam Police and the forest department rescued 52 smuggled Indonesian birds and animals, including Black Lori birds, Red and Blue Lories, Babirusa Swine and Hornbills, from Hailakandi district along the Assam-Mizoram border.
The case involved the recovery and seizure of a total of over 102 kg of heroin, valued at approximately Rs 700 crore, in April 2022. The drug was smuggled into the country concealed in a consignment of licorice roots (mulethi).
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.
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) 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.