gold smuggling

Data | Gold to dried seahorses, heroin to whale vomit: Volume and variety of contrabands seized in India

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Data | Gold to dried seahorses, heroin to whale vomit: Volume and variety of contrabands seized in India

Rescued from smuggling: Thane Forest Department and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai unit in a joint operation seized 523 Indian Star Tortoises from a lady passenger at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Railway station. The Indian star tortoises are trafficked and smuggled as a part of the exotic pet trade and are highly-priced, both in local … Read more

Northeast’s arms smuggling routes now turn golden

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NEW DELHI: Arms smuggling routes are being used to ferry gold into the country and the Northeast region has recorded the highest seizure of the yellow metal in 2019-20, a report by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has said. Arms smuggling took a hit with the decline in insurgency after 2013-14, the DRI report said. “But … Read more