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The 45-year-old, headed for India, was arrested at Colombo airport on Sunday after customs officials noticed suspicious movements . (Photo: Pixabay)

Bum rap? Sri Lankan arrested for trying to smuggle gold in rectum

The suspect was carrying 904.77 grams of gold worth 4.5 million rupees ($29,577), but was freed after payment of 100,000...

3 Oct 2017 3:22 PM IST

Representational image of gold bars.

Senior engineer of Air India arrested for smuggling gold

The accused was identified as Janardan Kondvilkar, 58, who has been working with the airline since several years.

16 Nov 2017 2:45 AM IST

Acting on a tip off, the police team raided the hotel and confiscated two pistols and three round of bullets from the Indian nationals, Nepal police said. (Representational Image)

Police arrest 2 Indian nationals for sneaking arms into Nepal

Prasad Kushwaha, 27 and Ajay Prasad Kushwaha, 21, were arrested from a hotel room during a raid by a special police...

18 Feb 2018 6:34 PM IST

Scrapping of high denomination currency notes also impacted the amount of gold smuggled into the country through various unofficial channels.

2 Korean women held for smuggling 24 kg gold

The women came under the radar of customs officials when they were noticed walking in a suspicious manner, as if...

12 Jan 2019 3:16 PM IST

Human trafficking. (Photo: Representational Image / File)

Indian national pleads guilty to role in dangerous human smuggling...

Yadvinder Singh Bhamba pleaded guilty last month to one count of conspiracy and 15 counts of smuggling aliens to the...

4 Feb 2019 2:45 PM IST

Gaya MP Hari Manjhis son Rahul Manjhi, along with his friend, was arrested by the police in a drunken state on Sunday and was sent to Gaya central jail for violating prohibition law. (Representational image)

Indian man gets 10 years in jail for smuggling foreign nationals into...

An Indian national has pleaded guilty to the charges of smuggling Indians as illegal immigrants into the United States.

15 March 2019 10:29 AM IST

AIU also revealed that the passenger informed them that he had received the currency from an unknown person in the aerobridge area. (Photo: ANI)

Foreign currency worth Rs 99.5 lakh seized at Anna International...

'As he was giving evasive replies his personal search and as well as search of his hand baggage-a black backpack was...

25 Jun 2019 4:49 PM IST

The victim in the meantime called up the polices emergency service number, and the message was relayed to the police station. It took the police less than an hour to arrest him, he said. (Representational image)

Man tries to smuggle mobile phones worth Rs 63 lakh, gets arrested at...

His baggage and the personal search resulted in the recovery of 204 illegally imported mobile phones.

10 Jun 2019 2:13 PM IST

According to the police, on the basis of secret information, two policemen had arrested two persons, named Nayeem and Govinda, in connection with the smuggling of illegal liquor. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi man dies in police custody; family claims 'he was beaten,...

However, the police have denied the charge.

7 Jun 2019 9:11 AM IST

Seized gold biscuits. (Photo: ANI)

Gold biscuits weighing 6 kg seized in West Bengal; 4 held

According to Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), the foreign origin gold biscuits were supposed to smuggle to...

27 July 2019 6:45 PM IST

Meanwhile, CM Pramod Sawant also urged the locals to keep an eye on their children in order to prevent them from falling into a pit of drug abuse. (Photo: ANI)

Kingpin of drugs trade in state yet to be identified: Goa CM

He claimed that drugs like 'Charas' and 'Ganja' are not cultivated in the state and are being smuggled into Goa from...

23 July 2019 3:04 PM IST

Thirdhand smoke, or THS, results when exhaled smoke and smoke emanating from the tip of burning cigarettes settles on surfaces such as clothing, hair, furniture, and cars. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

WB: DRI arrests one person for smuggling, recovers cigarettes worth Rs...

The arrested was smuggling the cigarettes from Myanmar and Guwahati to Kolkata.

22 July 2019 8:31 PM IST