On 30th January 2023, troops of Border Out Post Amudia, 112 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier apprehended a smuggler along with eight gold biscuits when he was bringing it hidden in the cavity of his body. The weight of the seized gold biscuits is 932 grams and the estimated market value
Huge quantities of high-quality counterfeit Indian currencies were recovered from the accused during the search. A total of 2,000 pieces of 500 rupee notes amounting to Rs 10,00,000 were recovered from them.
In a mega crackdown on the weapon smuggling mafia, Punjab Police arrested two Rajasthan-based weapon smugglers after recovering eight pistols and fake Indian currency from their possession in Fazilka, police said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI/Mediawire): Raising import duty on gold serves as an incentive for smugglers. Lowering the duty gradually could help grow the organised trade.
Delhi police on Wednesday busted a liquor smuggling gang transporting the bottles to Bihar and recovered 626 bottles of illicit liquor from Delhi's Sanjay Gandhi Trasport (SGT) Nagar.
"Brave CT Ram Pratap Tetarwal @BSF_SouthBengal got severe injuries on the line of duty while fighting with smugglers in the bordering area of Distt Nadia(WB)," the BSF-SouthBengal tweeted.
In a mega crackdown on drug mafia, Punjab Police arrested 258 drug smugglers and seized over 100 kilograms narcotics worth Rs 20.5 lakh in a week. Officials said they also arrested 188 people and recovered 10,269 Chinese Dor (Deadly strings), during the raids conducted last week.
Smugglers who came to take delivery of heroin in a car saw Border Security Forces and opened fire on the spot. BSF also retaliated against the smugglers on the spot. Two smugglers were detained on the spot by the Border Security Force and have been taken in, While one of the smugglers abscon
Three bags drone dropped from Pakistan were recovered, containing 6 suspected heroin packets weighing approximately 6 kg including the packing material. The price of suspected heroin recovered in the international market is 30 crores.