Based on passenger profiling, customs officials identified the woman as a potential smuggler and subjected her to thorough checks on Friday, customs officials said .
"A contraband substance covered in a polythene bag, discovered as brown sugar weighing about 748 gms (worth 1.5 crore rupees) was recovered from his possession during the search," said police.
In another major step towards demolishing the terrorist-gangster-drug smuggler nexus in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at 32 locations in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, officials said.
The Kanpur Special Task Force (STF) and Etawah Forest Department team, in a joint operation, apprehended two smugglers at Etawah Railway Station while smuggling turtle calipee by train on Tuesday, said an official from the forest department.
In another major step towards demolishing the terrorist-gangster-drug smuggler nexus in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached four properties owned by members of dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's organised terror-crime syndicate.
The Border Security Force (BSF) Meghalaya Frontier seized smuggled goods, including narcotics Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth Rs 49.20 crore in 2023.
A wanted gangster carrying a Rs 25,000 bounty on his head was arrested following a brief exchange of fire with the police in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district.
Punjab Police on Sunday busted a cross-border drug and arms smuggling racket being operated by USA-based smuggler Manpreet, alias Mannu Mahawa, with the arrest of its two key persons from Amritsar.