Amidst the ongoing war against drugs waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab Police has busted a trans-border narcotic smuggling network with the arrest of three drug smugglers and recovered 8 kg heroin from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP
The Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) Anti-Smuggling Unit carried out an operation in Lahore on the Interior Minister's orders and found a sizable cache of Iranian diesel that had been smuggled into Lahore, ARY News reported on Sunday.
In a significant achievement, vigilant troops of Border Security Force (BSF) from the Ghojadanga border outpost under the South Bengal Frontier, thwarted a currency smuggling attempt at the international border in North 24 Parganas.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi High Court to decide within three months bail plea of Sukanya Mondal, who was arrested in a money laundering case related to cattle smuggling in West Bengal.
In a joint operation with the Punjab police, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday arrested two suspected drug smugglers in the Kakkar district of Punjab's Amritsar, an official statement said.
Distancing himself from the allegations after Delhi Customs detained two people, one of whom claimed to be his assistant, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, has said that he is "shocked" by the news, adding that the man was a part-time employee.
"First CM Secy involved in Gold smuggling, now Cong MP "aide"/PA detained for Gold smuggling. CPM and Cong - both INDI alliance partners - alliance of gold smugglers," Chandrasekhar said on X.
The 14 km strip of land along the border is known as the Philadelphi corridor, a buffer zone created to prevent weapons smuggling in 2006 after Israel disengaged from the Strip.
In a renewed crackdown on narcotics smuggling, police apprehended five passengers traveling from Dharmanagar to Silchar on an interstate bus, seizing a significant quantity of cannabis on Tuesday evening.