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Crime and Accident
Bengal man held for smuggling hilsa fish from Bangladesh
Kolkata: Border Security Force personnel apprehended one person from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district for allegedly smuggling 29 kilogram of hilsa from Bangladesh, BSF said on Friday. During night patrolling…
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India
Chennai Air Customs seizes 1.45 kg gold from passenger
Chennai: Chennai Air Customs on Saturday said that it has seized 1.45 kg gold worth Rs 78.4 lakh from a passenger’s personal goods which had arrived as unaccompanied baggage from…
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Crime
Chennai Air Customs seize narcotics worth Rs 1.65 crore
Chennai: Two postal parcels from Belgium and Netherlands containing narcotics were detained by Customs, said Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport on Wednesday. In a statement issued here the Customs said…
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News
BSF constable held in cross-border smuggling case dismissed
Chandigarh: A BSF constable, who was arrested by the Punjab Police in a cross-border drugs and weapons smuggling case, has been dismissed from service, said an official statement of the…
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Crime
3 nabbed in B’luru for attempting to sell deer antlers
Bengaluru: Three middlemen have been arrested in the city for attempting to sell deer antlers or horns procured from unknown forest sources at Rs 5 lakh, an official said on…
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Delhi
Delhi’s minor boy held in Agra for smuggling cannabis
Agra: In a shocking incident, a Class 12 student of a Delhi school, along with two others, was arrested on Thursday by the GRP in Agra with 20 kg of…
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Crime
Inter-state gang of drug smugglers busted in UP, 6 held
Banda (UP): With the arrest of six people, police here have busted an inter-state gang of narcotics smugglers, a senior officer said on Wednesday. On a tip-off, four vehicles were…
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India
Smuggling of gold, cigarettes, liquor surges amid COVID
New Delhi: Gold, cigarettes and liquor were among high tax items which topped the list of smuggled goods across India amid the current coronavirus crisis that has led to economic…
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India
Ex – UAE consulate staff held in Kerala for smuggling 30 kg gold
Kochi: Swapna Suresh, a former employee at consulate of the UAE in Kerala, has been questioned for her alleged role in a massive gold smuggling racket. The Customs Department unearthed…
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Top Stories
Hyderabad: PDS rice smuggling racket busted in Old city
Hyderabad: In a joint operation, the sleuths of Commissioner’s task force, South zone team along with civil supplies officials apprehended two persons who were procuring and transporting PDS rice illegally…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Marijuana smuggling racket busted, 4 held
Hyderabad: Task Force of Hyderabad City Police busted a racket of Marijuana smuggling and seized Narcotic substances worth lacs of rupees. DCP of Task Force, Radha Krishan Rao told that…
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Pakistan
Pak PM directs authorities for action against smuggling
Islamabad: Pakistan Premier Imran Khan has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Interior Ministry and other law enforcement agencies to take stringent action against smuggling in the country. The Prime…
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Crime and Accident
8 arrested in pangolin smuggling racket in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: At least eight persons were arrested in Odisha on charges of being involved in an international pangolin smuggling racket, a forest official said on Sunday. Athagarh forest division officials…
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News
WB: Two lynched by mob over cattle smuggling suspicion
Coochbehar: Eleven people have been arrested after two persons were allegedly beaten to death over suspicion of cow smuggling at Putimari Fauleswari village in West Bengal’s Coochbehar on Thursday. Both…
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Crime and Accident
Tamil Nadu: 150 kg lugworms seized, 8 arrested
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu): Mandapam Forest Department in Rameswaram arrested eight smugglers and seized nearly 150 kg of lugworms from them on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Perumal (36),…
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India
UP policemen held for liquor smuggling, probe ordered
Chandauli : Even as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is trying hard to refurbish the image of UP Police, police personnel are happily crossing over to the other side of law. Last…
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News
16 US Marines arrested in drugs, human smuggling probe
Washington: Sixteen US Marines were arrested on Thursday for alleged involvement in various illegal activities ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offences, the US Marine Corps said. The arrests took…
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Business
GJC urges gold import duty be cut to 4% to curb smuggling
KOLKATA: The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) on Monday said it has proposed that the government reduce import duty of gold to 4 per cent in order…
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Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Marijuana chocolates being sold in pan shops
HYDERABAD: Nowadays, drug peddlers are ditching conventional methods of smuggling marijuana and adopting new ways. Two people were held on Saturday after Telangana excise department officials in Medchal-Malkajgiri district conducted…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Over 800 grams gold seized at Hyderabad airport
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Customs Department seized over 800 grams gold at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and arrested two persons on Saturday. “During checking, we have nabbed one passenger who arrived…
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Crime and Accident
Uttar Pradesh: Man detained for smuggling Rs 3.2 lakh
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh): 42nd Battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Saturday apprehended a for smuggling Indian currency notes across the India-Nepal border. SSB seized over Rs 3.2 lakh from…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two caught for smuggling gold at RGIA
HYDERABAD: On Thursday, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence caught a passenger who was travelling to Hyderabad from Muscat in Oman Airlines for smuggling gold. According to the report of TOI, there…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: One held for smuggling gold worth over Rs 66 lakh at airport
Hyderabad: Hyderabad branch of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Sunday recovered gold worth over Rs 66 lakh from a passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Aiport here. Acting on…
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Crime and Accident
Chennai: 2 Korean women held for smuggling 24 kg gold
Chennai: Customs officials at the aerodrome here detained two South Korean women for allegedly smuggling 24 kilograms of gold worth Rs 8 crores on Saturday. The two lady passengers came…
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Crime and Accident
Smuggling gang busted, 327 turtles seized
Lucknow:The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police busted a wildlife smuggling gang operating from Etawah district on Friday and seized 327 turtles, police said. Four members of…
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Hyderabad News
Bring down wood smuggling to zero, invoke PD Act against smugglers: CM
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao today directed the officials of the Forest Department to bring down wood smuggling in the State forests area to Zero. He also instructed them…
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