Tirupati task force police have arrested 20 smugglers and seized red sandalwood logs worth up to Rs 50 lakhs in three areas of Rajampet and Tirupati districts, the officials said.
"Following a precise tip-off that smugglers are looking for a customer to sell a pangolin, a forest department team swung into action and launched an operation to nab the accused persons", said a forest officer.
After days of the Greece boat tragedy case, Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) has arrested two more human smugglers in connection with the Greece Boat incident, according to ARY News.
Liquid cocaine is made by dissolving the cocaine into water or certain other liquids and later converting it back to powder form. It can be difficult to detect because the liquid often masks cocaine's odour. Smugglers often hide it inside shampoo, perfume or syrup containers, or liquor bottl
"All the CPs/SSPs were directed to depute strong police parties to make this operation successful, which was aimed at disrupting the nexus between terrorists, gangsters and drug smugglers based in India and Abroad. Police teams were asked to round up suspicious persons during the operation,
The Tirupathi district police, on Saturday, arrested 9 smugglers and seized red sandalwood worth Rs 2 crores.
Additionally, the police recovered 33 logs, 5 cars and a two-wheeler from their possession.
A horrific migrant shipwreck off the Greek coast which took place on July 14 is again causing debates in Pakistan over the government's ability to take action on human smugglers, as the number of people fleeing the country is rising rapidly, Nikkei Asia reported.
"On specific information, alert BSF troops recovered a Pakistani drone (DJI Matrice 300 RTK) on June 22, during morning hours along with 2 kg (appx) suspected heroin near the international border in Jodhawala village of Fazilka district," BSF Punjab Frontier said.
The Border Security Force (BSF), belonging to the 35 Battalion under the South Bengal Frontier, on Thursday, apprehended a man for allegedly possessing gold worth Rs 16,46,190, weighing 277.37 grams from his possession, said a statement by BSF.
Samba Police achieved major success and solved the Rangoor firing case within hours after the commission of the offence and arrested three heroin smugglers and recovered 2.080 kg heroin from them, an official statement said.