Ri-Bhoi police following a tip-off about the said smuggling case nabbed three notorious smugglers from Manipur. The police recovered a total of 158 boxes of high-grade heroin from them. The worth of the consignment seized is said to be around Rs 14 crores.
Amid the war against drugs launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Police have arrested 513 drug smugglers across the state in last two weeks.
Two alleged Bangladeshi cattle smugglers were shot dead by the BSF in Kaimari in Coochbehar in West Bengal on Wednesday after they adopted an "aggressive posture" in their attempt to "smuggle cattle heads", despite repeated verbal warnings.
The Customs air intelligence unit at Chennai airport on Wednesday foiled another smuggling attempt by smugglers and apprehended two passengers who arrived from Muscat, Oman.
A team of Delhi Police Special Cell Thursday apprehended 3 main members, including a Nigerian national, of an international drug syndicate in the national capital and seized contraband drugs of over Rs 17 crore, officials said.
Illegal cattle trade is rampant in the state and Assam Police has been going hard against cattle smugglers and has strengthened its vigilance mechanism.