The Yellow Gate police have arrested six persons, including sailors, for allegedly attempting to smuggle diesel in a boat via the Arabian Sea, near Sewri jetty in Mumbai, officials said on Monday.
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.
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.
The Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate, Vijayawada has busted a case of illegal foreign currency and smuggled gold of Dubai and Sri Lanka origin coming into Andhra Pradesh.
In a pan-India operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a syndicate involved in the smuggling of foreign-origin gold through land route and train routes and seized a huge quantity of smuggled gold weighing around 31.7 Kg valued at around Rs 19 crores in a meticulously
According to a press release, the operation was a collaborative effort between Assam Rifles and the Customs Preventive Force in Champhai, based on specific information received by the authorities.
Border Security Forces apprehended a smuggler with six gold biscuits weighing 699.920 grams while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India. The estimated value of the seized gold biscuits is Rs 39,89,544.
After a series of operations on the basis of specific inputs and profiling, Hyderabad customs officers at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) seized a total of 3.734 kgs of smuggled gold, valued at Rs 2.19 crore and foreign currency worth Rs 16.46 lakhs.
'Ganja' and cell phones are the common contraband items that are most frequently smuggled into the prisons among others, the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs raised alarm in its recent report.
Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with Meghalaya police, seized a huge quantity of Medicines, Clothing, and Glass frames worth Rs 88 lakhs, which were meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh from the international border of South West Khasi Hills, said BSF in a statement.