They claimed that the highly influential businessmen were paying Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 75,000 to 1,00,000 per vehicle as bribes to district food officials, administration and police to move their wheat-loaded heavy vehicles to Afghanistan.
The accused has been identified as Mohammad Rahan alias Deepak Thapa, a Nepali national who migrated to Hyderabad 12 years ago and converted to Muslim Community, the police said.
The ongoing smuggling of illegal areca nuts is a major cause of concern for the state of Mizoram. Assam Rifles, rightly christened as the 'Sentinels of Northeast' have been successful in launching such operations against the smuggling activities in Mizoram.
According to Punjab DGP, in a major breakthrough against trans-border narcotic smuggling networks, Tarn Taran Police in a joint operation with BSF has arrested one person and recovered 2.472 Kg of Heroin from his possession.
The ED in its reply while opposed Anubrata Mondal's plea and stated that the CBI Court of West Bengal which is presently examining the Scheduled Offence, may call the accused when required. ED also opposed the plea on maintainability grounds.
Swapna Suresh, the prime accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, has said that she is not prepared to pay a penny and apologize to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPIM State Secretary M V Govindan after the latter served her a legal notice seeking an apology or compensation.
Assam Rifles has foiled cross-border smuggling of Gold Biscuits at Permanent Vehicle Check Post, Khudengthabi in Manipur, an official statement said on Friday.
Border Security Force recovered packets of heroin during early morning hours on Friday from border fencing areas in Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts of Punjab, , said a press release from BSF.
Around 250 kilo grammes of processed sea cucumbers were seized by Mandapam Police during a joint search operation from Vedalai next to Ramanathapuram District Mandapam.