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- Smuggled liquor seized in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Feb 9: A large stock of liquor, intended to be used to woo voters in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, was seized in Ghaziabad and two people were held, police said today.
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- Odisha, Jharkhand to check iron ore smuggling
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9: Mineral rich Odisha and Jharkhand have decided to take joint measures to prevent cross-border transport of iron ore mined illegally, an official said today.
Senior....
- Delhi woman held in Bangalore for smuggling computer chips
Bangalore, Jan 6: Customs sleuths arrested a Delhi-based woman for attempting to smuggle in about 31,500 computer chips (memory cards) valued at Rs.63 lakh into the country from Hong Kong, a se....
- 12 diamond merchants home after two years in Chinese custody
Mumbai,Jan 6:Twelve Indian diamond merchants, who were released after their arrest in China for alleged smuggling two years ago, returned home early today,official sources said.
They ....
- Red sanders en route to China seized in Himachal
Shimla, Dec 9: Over 15 tonnes of banned red sanders wood was seized from upper Shimla while being smuggled to China, police said here Friday. Three people have been arrested.
The woo....
- Two arrested with Rs.2 crore antique idol
Lucknow, Aug 2: Two men who worked for a Nepal-based gang involved in smuggling antique idols have been arrested along with an `ashtdhatu' (eight-metal) idol worth over Rs.2 crore in Uttar ....
- Hasan Ali booked for smuggling antiques
Hyderabad, May 3: Hasan Ali Khan, already accused of money laundering, has been booked for smuggling antiques out of the country and keeping them in his bank lockers in Switzerland, police said....
- Children used for smuggling across India-Bangladesh border
Murshidabad (West Bengal), April 22: Sympathy is a very strong tool used by smugglers across the India-Bangladesh border. It is the prime reason why children are extensively used to smuggle goo....
- Wildlife trafficking through post surges in India
New Delhi, March 29: There has been a sharp surge in the trafficking of wildlife articles through Foreign Post Offices (FPOs) in India with the latest figures available with the environment min....
- Six arms smugglers held in Bengal
Kolkata, March 3: Six people were arrested for smuggling weapons from Bihar to West Bengal, which will see elections in April-May, police said today.
"We have arrested the six sin....
- Wildlife smuggled through airlines: Ramesh
New Delhi, Feb 22: Cases of smuggling of endangered species through private airlines have come to the notice of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told....
- Two Bangladeshis held for circulating counterfeit notes
Kolkata, Feb 20: Two Bangladeshis were arrested for circulating counterfeit Indian currency here, police said today.
"Two members of the racket were arrested from a hotel in New M....
- Uttar Pradesh: Three held with 100 cartridges and firearms
Lucknow, Feb 16: Three arms smugglers, two of them from Uttarakhand, were arrested with illegal firearms and over 100 live cartridges in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, police said today.
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- Fake US currency seized in Punjab
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Feb 15: Fake US currency with a face value of $5,000 was seized from three men who were arrested in this Punjab town today, police said.
According to the police, ....
- Allahabad: Two held with antique idol worth Rs.20 mn
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 9: Two men have been arrested here with an 'ashtadhatu' (eight-metal alloy) idol worth around Rs.20 million (over $400,000), police said today.
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- Fake currency of Rs.4.5 lakh face value seized in Punjab
Amritsar (Punjab), Jan 20: The state's Special Operations Cell (SOC) seized fake currency of face value nearly Rs.4.5 lakh here on the basis of a smuggler's interrogation, police said t....
- Smuggler arrested with 14 kg heroin in Punjab
Amritsar (Punjab), Jan 11: A man was arrested here with 14 kg of heroin worth Rs.70 crore, police said today. A pistol and some cartridges were also recovered from him.
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- Arms smuggler held in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Jan 8: A man working for an inter-state arms and ammunition racket was arrested with five country-made pistols in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, police said today.
Guchchan Kh....
- Three held with fake currency in Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 25: Three men were arrested here with counterfeit notes of Rs.13,700, police said today.
Shabbir Alam, 42, Sunil Kumar Singh, 46 and Karamat Hussain, 45, all hailing fr....
- Man held with fake currency in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Dec 24: A man who allegedly circulated counterfeit currency notes in various states of the country was arrested in Meerut city of Uttar Pradesh. Fake currency of face value of Rs.1 lak....
- College student held with leopard skin in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Dec 17: A 20-year-old college student was arrested in Chhattisgarh for carrying a leopard skin, a banned item, a forest official said today.
The arrest was made on a tip-off b....
- Three arrested with antique idol
Lucknow, Nov 25: Three men were arrested in Uttar Pradesh with an 'ashtdhatu' (eight-metal) idol of Lord Buddha that had been smuggled from Nepal, police said today.
Zabir, Mu....
- India-Nepal border vulnerable to fake currency smuggling: Minister
New Delhi, Nov 23: The India-Nepal border remains vulnerable to smuggling of fake Indian currency notes, with more instances of international rackets coming to the notice of Indian authorities,....
- Four held for poaching tiger, smuggling wildlife goods
Kolkata, Nov 16: Four people, involved in poaching of the Royal Bengal tiger and smuggling of wildlife goods, were arrested in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas district, an official said tod....
- Man held for supplying fake notes from Bangladesh
Lucknow, Nov 5: A man involved in bringing fake currency notes into India from Bangladesh has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district but his two aides managed to escape, police....
- Tusker trafficking gang busted in Assam
Guwahati, Nov 2: A trans-national elephant smuggling syndicate was busted in Assam with the arrest of five persons, even as conservationists claimed close to 100 wild Asiatic jumbos were captur....
- Sundarbans faces threat from charcoal smugglers
Dhaka, Oct 31: The endangered ecology of the Sundarbans that straddle Bangladesh and India is facing a new challenge from poachers who chop down and burn the trees to sell charcoal to brick fie....
- Fake currency seized, three held in Punjab
Patiala, Oct 29: Three people were arrested in Punjab today and fake currency was recovered from their possession, an official said here.
Fake currency notes of face value Rs.532,000 ....
- Drugs worth Rs.21 lakh seized in Punjab
Chandigarh, Oct 27: Raids at various places in Punjab have led to seizure of habit-forming drugs worth Rs.21 lakh (Rs.2.1 million), a senior health department official said today.
The....
- Two held with 380 liquor cartons in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Oct 20: As many as 380 cartons of Indian made foreign liquor, which were being smuggled to Gujarat, have been seized and two men arrested, police said today.
The operation....
- Seven held in Nepal with fake Pakistan-made Indian currency
Kathmandu, Sep 23: Nepal police have arrested seven people, including two Indians, with a stash of fake Indian currency worth over Rs.4 million manufactured in Pakistan.
The notes wer....
- Himachal police seize bribe money in wood smuggling case
Shimla, Sep 22: Police have recovered the graft money that an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer in Himachal Pradesh allegedly received to help the smuggling of banned red sanders wood t....
- Police seize 2 kg heroin, 1 arrested in Punjab
Patiala (Punjab), Sep 15: Punjab police today claimed to have arrested a drug smuggler and recovered contraband worth Rs.10 crore from his possession.
According to the police, they ar....
- Himachal police keeping an eye on rare wood smuggler
Shimla, Sep 10: Himachal Pradesh police have zeroed on a man recently released from Delhi's Tihar Jail as the mastermind behind the smuggling of banned red sanders wood to China from here.
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- Captain, caught selling army's diesel, dodges CBI
Shimla, Aug 23: An Indian Army officer who was allegedly caught selling diesel from the army's stocks in the market in Himachal Pradesh has failed to turn up for questioning, a Central Bure....
- Another contraband haul from train from Pakistan
Attari (Punjab), Aug 22: Fake currency of face value Rs.9.5 lakh and one kg of heroin were recovered from a goods train coming from Pakistan, causing worry to the authorities who say these trai....
- 'Finance ministry has no idea of amount of smuggled gold'
New Delhi, Aug 10: A Right to Information (RTI) activist who wanted to know about the estimated sale/consumption of smuggled gold in India said today the finance ministry had told him that it h....
- Two held for supplying fake Rs.10 coins
New Delhi, Aug 10: Two youths suspected to be linked to a Nepal-based gang were arrested today from south Delhi for supplying counterfeit Indian currency coins to food joints, police said.
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- States alerted against smuggling of fertilizers
New Delhi, Aug 6: The government has asked the states to ensure that fertilisers made available to the farmers in the country at highly subsidised prices are not smuggled out through land or se....
- Arms suppliers gang busted in Delhi
New Delhi, July 21: A gang of arms suppliers was busted today with the arrest of two people in the national capital, police said.
"Five Chinese and English pistols of 32 bore, fiv....
- Three Uttar Pradesh cops arrested in arms smuggling scam
Lucknow, July 16: Three policemen have been arrested from Uttar Pradesh for their suspected involvement in what is known here as the cartridges scam which involved smuggling of arms from govern....
- Four held in Delhi for bid to sell elephant tusk
New Delhi, July 8: Four men have been arrested here for trying to sell an elephant tusk weighing six kg and worth around Rs.12 lakh, police said today.
They were apprehended near Raj ....
- Assam's international airport a hub for smuggling wildlife products?
Shillong, June 21: Assam's Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport appears to have become one of the main transit points for smugglers to transport wildlife products to China and F....
- Drive launched to stop piracy of Bengali films in US
Washington, June 16: After opening a gateway for latest Bengali films for viewers in North America, a US based media group has initiated a drive to stop piracy of Bengali films in America.
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- Four arrested with antique Buddha idol
Lucknow, May 31: Four men involved in a Nepal-based smuggling racket have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Siddharthnagar district with an antique Buddha idol worth $21 million in the inter....
- States, para military asked to check fertilisers smuggling
New Delhi, May 7; The government today said states and para military forces have been asked to check smuggling of fertilisers to neighbouring countries.
The Minister of State for ....
- Five arrested for illegal trading of firearms
Ujjain, May 4: Police in Madhya Pradesh today claimed to have busted a gang of criminals involved in illegal trading of firearms with the arrest of five people in Ujjain.
"On a ti....
- Two CRPF troopers held for smuggling explosives
Lucknow, April 30: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police today claimed to have busted a gang, including Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men, involved in smuggling of arms....
- Three Indo-Canadians acquitted of smuggling heroin in bats and balls
Toronto: A court here has acquitted three Indo-Canadians on charges of smuggling heroin worth millions of dollars in cricket bats and balls from India.
Arundeep Sood, Charanbir Dhillo....
- Nepali national held with Rs.10-crore antique idol
Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh): A Nepali national was arrested today in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district with an 'ashtadhatu' idol worth Rs.10 crore in the international market, police....
- Indian drug peddlers smuggle cough syrup to Bangladesh
Motinagar (Tripura): Drug peddling continues to remain unstoppable as the huge nexus of international drug peddlers are resorting to unique ways of carrying with their business. In a recent dev....
- Four more arrested for smuggling ore
Bhubaneswar: Four more people have been arrested in Orissa's Keonjhar district for smuggling ore to other states, taking this month's arrests for the crime to 25, an official said today....
- Former Navy man held for smuggling ore
Bhubaneswar: Two people, including a former Indian Navy sailor, have been arrested in Orissa's mineral-rich Keonjhar district for smuggling ore to other states, police said today.
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- Arms running racket busted in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: An inter-state arms running racket was busted in Uttar Pradesh today with the arrest of a policeman and four other people, police officials said.
A team of the state police&#....
- Pakistani 'smuggler' killed in Punjab border district
Amritsar,: A Pakistani "smuggler" who entered India early today was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in a border area in Punjab while three others went back into Pakis....
- 720,000 tonnes of coal annually smuggled in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Illegal coal mining is rampant in Jharkhand, with around 720,000 tonnes of the mineral being smuggled every year and causing a massive revenue loss of up to Rs.600 crore, an official sa....
- Four held with firearms in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Four men were arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district for smuggling contraband, arms and ammunition, police said today.
The men, in their 30s, were nabbed on Friday....
- Bangladesh using Indian coins for producing razor blades
Shillong: Bangladesh is now producing razor blades out of Indian five rupee coins which are being smuggled in the country. The Reserve Bank of India has thus decided to replace the alloy conte....
- Four held in Chhattisgarh with leopard skin
Raipur: Four people were arrested in Chhattisgarh with a leopard skin, police said today.
The arrests were made on Sunday in Tarapur area in Raigarh district, about 240 km from here.
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- Man held for selling fake premium whisky
New Delhi: A man has been arrested here for selling Indian-made alcohol in bottles of high-end premium whisky brands like Chivas Regal and Johnnie Walker, police said today.
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- Illegal SIMs in West Bengal for just Rs 10
Kolkata: Despite the restriction implemented by Trai some groups of telecom service providers are encouraging distributors to sell preactivated SIM cards to the customers. This can certainly me....
- Kashmir emporium manager arrested with Shahtoosh shawls
New Delhi: The manager of the Jammu and Kashmir handicrafts emporium here has been arrested for trying to sell three Shahtoosh shawls made from the wool of a threatened Tibetan antelope.
- Mini truck with explosives seized in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad: A mini truck laden with explosive substances was seized by the Ghazibad police late on Friday evening and the driver arrested.
According to police, the mini truck laden wit....
- Four detained after huge explosives seizure in Patna
Patna: Bihar police have detained four people for questioning after the seizure of a huge consignment of explosives and chemicals, suspected to be meant for Maoists, a police official said toda....
- Seven arrested for smuggling wildlife products into China
New Delhi: Seven people, including two Tibetans, have been arrested for illegal trafficking of wild life articles into China and Tibet. Two tiger skins, two leopard skins, tiger bones and their....
- Pirated Windows 7 generates Rs 50 lakh in India
Lucknow: About 50,000 pirated DVDs of Microsoft Windows 7 are estimated to have been sold here since the official launch on Oct 22, generating unaccounted business of around Rs.50 lakh.
- Idol worth Rs.10 crore recovered in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: An idol worth nearly Rs.10 crore (Rs.100 million) in the international market was recovered from Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur town, police said today.
The incident occurred on....
- Two poachers arrested with deer skin, antlers
Lucknow: Two poachers have been arrested alongwith three spotted deer skins and 50 antlers of the animal in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, forest officials said today.
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- Four arrested with fake currency notes in Bihar
Patna: Four people were arrested with Rs.75,000 in counterfeit currency notes in Bihar, police said today.
A police officer said two men -- Surendra Thakur and Rambabu Bhagat -- were ....
- Illegal money transfer racket busted in UP, one arrested
Lucknow: The Lucknow police Tuesday arrested a man involved in an illegal money transfer racket and recovered Rs.5.33 lakh from his possession, officials said.
The accused, Mirza Ajma....
- Man held for illegally trading turtles
Chandigarh: A shopkeeper has been arrested here for illegally keeping rare species of turtles and selling them, police said today.
Monu Kumar, owner of a meat shop in Sector 37 here, ....
- Blood racket: Contaminated blood could have caused Hepatitis
Lucknow: More than a week after police busted a massive racket in adulterated blood in Uttar Pradesh, another report on the quality of blood seized reveals that it was infected with the highly ....
- Four women from Punjab arrested near Jammu with drugs
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police today arrested four women from Punjab after they were found to be carrying 60 kg of "bhuki" - a raw version of opium - from Jhajjar Kotli area on the....
- Huge arms recovered from village near Bangladesh border
Agartala: Security forces seized a huge cache of weapons, including some Russia-made AK rifles, from a village along the India-Bangladesh border, officials said here today.
"In a ....
- Two arrested for supplying arms to northeast insurgents
Kolkata: Two people, including a woman, have been arrested here for their alleged involvement in a racket for supplying arms to insurgents in the country's northeast.
The arrest o....
- Suresh Nanda seeks release of his passport
New Delhi: Arms dealer Suresh Nanda approached the Delhi High Court today seeking the release of his passport that has been impounded by the government after he was alleged to have received kic....
- Antique idols recovered from India-Nepal border
Siliguri (West Bengal): At least 24 antique idols of Hindu gods and goddesses were recovered on Wednesday from the India-Nepal Border of West Bengal, officials said.
"The idols, m....
- Five Chandigarh youths arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: Five youths from Chandigarh involved with an inter-state auto lifting racket were arrested after a brief shootout in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, police said today.
- Chhattisgarh police clueless in cartridges case
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Police today failed to make any headway in solving the mystery behind the discovery of 300 live cartridges from a pond in the state's Durg district, a senior police off....
- Two arrested with arms in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Two alleged arms smugglers, wanted by police for over a year, were arrested in this Jharkhand capital today with weapons and ammunition, police said.
Shamsher and Shamsuddin w....
- Himachal Pradesh to have more Forest Police Stations
Dharmshala: The government of Himachal Pradesh is planning to open five more Forest Police Stations in various part of the state very shortly to check smuggling of forest wealth. One Forest Po....
- Couple held with Afghan-bound contraband worth Rs.10 mn
New Delhi: Rabia Begum, a Delhi resident who was caught last year for allegedly trying to smuggle out controlled chemicals to Afghanistan for heroin manufacture, has been arrested again on the ....
- Man held in Uttar Pradesh with explosives
Lucknow: A 25-year-old man was arrested early today in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district for alleged possession of nearly 2,000 detonators and other explosives, police said.
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- Two foreigners arrested in Delhi with 3.3 kg heroin
New Delhi: Two foreign nationals have been arrested with 3.3 kg of heroin here, police said today.
Afghan national Zamari, 48, and a Nigerian were arrested with heroin worth Rs.35 mil....
- Dawood aide arrested in Rae Bareli
Lucknow: An alleged henchman of gangster Dawood Ibrahim was arrested today by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Rae Bareli and a live grenade and explosive material recovered from h....
- Two arrested in Bangalore for bringing gold dust from Tanzania
Bangalore: The practice of smuggling seem to rule supreme inspite of rising awareness, as two suspected gold smugglers were caught red-handed at Bengaluru International Airport on Monday after ....
- 100 liquor cases seized outside BJP leader's house
Chandigarh: A truck with over 100 cases of liquor was seized from outside Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Goyal's house here today, police said.
"We have seized a tru....
- BJP trying to politicise Bofors in vain: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress party today accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to politicise the Bofors gun payoff case once again after Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi's n....
- CBI's decision on Quattrochi challenged in Supreme Court
New Delhi: A Delhi-based lawyer today challenged in the Supreme Court the decision of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to let off Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi in the Bofors ....
- Woman arms smuggler arrested in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow: A woman involved in an inter-state arms smuggling racket was arrested in Uttar Pradesh in possession of eight pistols, the police said on Monday.
"The woman was arrested Sunday ....
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