Drugs seized off Kerala coast worth more than cumulative narcotics seizure value under UPA, says Amit Shah

Drugs seized off Kerala coast worth more than cumulative narcotics seizure value under UPA, says Amit Shah

Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Amit Shah at the foundation stone laying of the campus of National Academy of Coastal Policing (NACP), in Dwarka on May 21. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the value of the recent drug seizure off the Kerala coast was more than … Read more

Bihar hooch tragedy | 20 held, huge cache of illicit liquor seized

Bihar hooch tragedy | 20 held, huge cache of illicit liquor seized

Former Union Minister and BJP MP Radha Mohan Singh meets with people admitted at Government Hospital Motihari after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, in East Champaran on April 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Police have arrested 20 people and seized huge quantities of spurious liquor from different villages in Bihar’s Motihari, even as the death … Read more

Gold, silver items worth ₹6.44 crore seized

Gold, silver items worth ₹6.44 crore seized

The Chikkamagaluru police seized gold and silver items worth over ₹6.44 crore at M.C. Halli in Tarikere taluk on Friday. Superintendent of Police, Chikkamagaluru, Uma Prashanth told presspersons that 17 kg of gold and silver ornaments which did not have proper documents were seized. The valuables were being transported in a container truck. A case … Read more

Bengaluru police destroy seized drugs worth over ₹90 crore in the presence of Amit Shah

Bengaluru police destroy seized drugs worth over ₹90 crore in the presence of Amit Shah

Drugs worth ₹90.8 crore seized by city police were destroyed as part of Drug Trafficking and National Security conference in Bengaluru on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At a conference on ‘Drug Trafficking and National Security’ here on Friday, the city police, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, destroyed 4,297.8 kg … Read more

Gold worth over ₹50 lakh seized at Kannur airport

Gold worth over ₹50 lakh seized at Kannur airport

Customs Air Intelligence unit seized gold worth over ₹50 lakh from a passenger at the Kannur airport on Monday. A team headed by Customs Deputy Commissioner C.V. Jayakanth seized the gold from Mohammed Ashikeel, a native of Perambara in Kozhikode. This year, the Customs have so far seized 13.84 kg of gold worth ₹7.8 crore … Read more

Gold and money seized from smelting unit at Koduvally in Kerala

Gold and money seized from smelting unit at Koduvally in Kerala

A team of officials from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized gold worth ₹4.11 crore and ₹13.5 lakh in cash from a gold smelting unit at Koduvally here on Tuesday. The team, acting on a tip-off, launched a raid on gold smelting centres in the town known for its jewellery business and took six … Read more

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

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

Andhra Pradesh: Red sanders logs worth ₹30 lakh seized in Rajampeta

Andhra Pradesh: Red sanders logs worth ₹30 lakh seized in Rajampeta

Combing parties of the Red Sanders Task Force on Sunday seized 15 red sanders logs worth ₹30 lakh at two different forest locations in Seshachalam hills under the Rajampeta division in Annamayya district. Superintendent of Police (Task Force) Meda Sundara Rao said that two combing parties were on patrol along the forest fringe areas at … Read more

Banned tobacco products seized

Banned tobacco products seized

Kollam Excise special squad on Sunday seized banned tobacco products worth ₹5 lakh during an inspection held in Karunagapally range. A case was registered against Nizam, a 48-year-old Kulasekharapuram resident, under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), after the team led by Circle Inspector Tony Jose recovered 15,000 packets of tobacco products from his … Read more