Tag: Smuggling

6 held with 6.97 kg smuggled gold in Manipur

Imphal: A combined team of customs division and Central Industrial Security Force at the Manipur’s Imphal International Airport arrested six persons with 6.97 kg of gold biscuits stuffed inside their rectums. The 35 gold biscuits valued at Rs 1.79 crore were smuggled from Myanmar and were to be taken out to Kolkata in the Imphal-Kolkata-Delhi […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Over 1,370 gang members arrested in massive US police operation

Washington: The US government has announced the arrests of almost 1,400 gang members between March 26 and May 6 in the largest ever operation undertaken by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) investigation unit. A total of 1,378 people were arrested around the country for assorted crimes, including drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, people trafficking, murder […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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New cattle slaughter rules will curb its smuggling to B'desh: BJP

Shillong: The BJP in Meghalaya today said that the latest ban on sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets will curb its smuggling to Bangladesh. “There is a massive cattle smuggling racket in the state which has skyrocketed the price of beef,” state BJP president Shibun Lyngdoh said. Meanwhile, the media unit of the […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Andhra fishermen sent to jail for poaching sharks in prohibited Odisha coast

Paradip: Seven fishermen, who were arrested by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday allegedly for fishing and poaching endangered species of sharks in the prohibited Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary area in Kendrapara district, were sent to judicial custody after court rejected their bail pleas today. According to a release of the ICG, a patrolling team […]

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
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Pangolin smuggling racket busted, 4 arrested from Mayurbhanj

Mayurbhanj: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch busted a pangolin smuggling racket by arresting four persons from Ambadiha village under Udala police limits in Mayurbhanj district on Friday night. Two pangolins including a female and a baby pangolin weighing around 13 kgs from their possession, informed CB SP Satyajit Nayak in a presser […]

  • Thursday, 24 June 2021
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Granite mines being looted in Odisha: Congress' Pradeep Majhi

Malkangiri: Senior Congress leader Pradeep Majhi today alleged that valuable natural resources worth crores of rupees are being looted from granite mines in Peta area of Malkangiri district and smuggled to foreign countries. Majhi alleged that valuable stones are being transported from the mines in trucks every day. The Congress leader said that the company […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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13 kg Gold Seized In Odisha Was Smuggled From Foreign Countries

Rourkela: A day after the officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered nearly 13 kg gold while it was being transported in Howrah-Mumbai Jnaneswari Express, it has come to the fore that the gold was being smuggled from countries like UAE, Dubai, China, Bangaldesh and Myanmar to India. As per reports, the two accused […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
WILDLIFE
Odisha’s Wildlife Under Threat From International Mafia

Bhubaneswar: Besides tigers and elephants, poaching and smuggling of pangolins in Odisha has now emerged as a big headache for the wildlife agencies in the country. Endangered wildlife species are under serious threat from several international racketeers especially from South East Asia, China, European Union as well as the Middle East. Usually, the racket is […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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Forest Dept To Give Cash Reward For Info On Illegal Pangolin Trade

Cuttack: Taking strong cognizance of illegal pangolin trade incidents in the State, the Forest department has announced a cash reward of Rs 10,000 to persons who will inform about the smuggling of the endangered animal. Athagarh DFO Sasmita Lenka informed about the move expressing optimism that it will further deter traffickers from trying to trade […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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COVID-19 Impact: Economic Distress Causes Rise In Smuggling In NE

Guwahati/Kohima: Industry body FICCI on Sunday said the recent rise in smuggling in the northeastern region can be attributed to economic distress insinuated by Covid-19 pandemic. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) said loss of jobs and lack of income due to recurrent lockdowns have left citizens without a means of […]

  • Monday, 12 April 2021
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Odisha Plans To Save Endangered Pangolins From Extinction

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to save the Pangolins from extinction by gathering more information about their behaviour in the wild, the Odisha Forest Department is all set to set some…

  • Friday, 09 April 2021
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