Officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) seized Indian and Bangladesh currencies in two different operations from East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya, officials said on Saturday.
The market value of the weed was estimated around Rs 5 lakh. The accused constable has been identified as Akash Dhakad (30), a resident of Raipur village, Shivpuri district. He was posted at University police station in the district and he has been dismissed from the services.
In a pan-India operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a gold smuggling syndicate of Sudanese nationals operating through the Nepal border, said a press release by the Ministry of Finance.
The Punjab Police is conducting a special operation called 'Operation SEAL' to control smuggling, drug trafficking and anti-social elements across the state.
According to BSF, North Bengal Frontier troops deployed on the India-Bangladesh Border in Uttar Dinajpur district observed suspicious movement of 3-4 unidentified persons with head-loaded items towards the Border fence from the Indian side border village Gwalin under Golpukar police station
On the basis of profiling done by the officers of the customs AIU A batch, a passenger coming from Sharjah to Kochi Airport by flight G9 426 was intercepted at the green channel.
The Tengnoupal Battalion under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) in a joint operation with Manipur Police foiled cross-border smuggling of Brown Sugar worth Rs 7.42 crore in Tengnoupal, the officials informed on Sunday.
According to police officials, the accused, identified as Aftab Ahmad, was previously involved in arms smuggling, robbery and other offences in Rohini and Outer North Delhi.
Netherlands Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra tweeted, "Russia's continued attempts to place intelligence officers into the Netherlands under diplomatic cover are unacceptable. That is why we are limiting the number of Russian diplomats in the Netherlands."
"Special teams formed to nab those named in FIR filed by the family who is claiming the victims are Junaid and Nasir who were kidnapped. Junaid has five cases pertaining to cow smuggling against him," IG, Bharatpur Range said.
Foiling a smuggling attempt, the Border Security Force (BSF) troops from Border Outpost Betai, 84 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier, rescued rare species of birds being smuggled from Bangladesh to India.