The forces seized 329 kgs of heroin, 16 kgs of ICE drug, 191 weapons, 12 hand grenades and over 10 kgs of high explosives during the operations, it said in a post on X. BSF has ensured strict security along the border with its advanced surveillance systems and strong intelligence network.

‘Seized 251 Pak drones...’: BSF Punjab’s BIG crackdown against smuggling network

Customs officials arrested two passengers for smuggling exotic wildlife species and another passenger carrying 2.99 kg of hydroponic ganja worth Rs 1.04 crore at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).

Customs officials seized Rs 1-crore ganja, exotic animals at Bengaluru airport

World | Singh’s smuggling operation came to light on April 29, 2023, when the US Border Patrol agents detected three individuals in a remote area south of the US-Canada border, close to Danville, Washington port of entry.

US authorities nab Indian national smuggling 170 pounds of ecstasy from Canada

An Australian woman was sentenced to six years of imprisonment by a court in Japan after they found her guilty of smuggling methamphetamine into the country. The woman claimed that she was a victim of an online romance scam, however, the court chose to ignore it.

Japan court gives prison sentence to 'once love scam victim' for smuggling drugs

A British warship has intercepted over £40 million ($52.87mn) worth of cocaine from drug traffickers in the Caribbean, the Royal Navy has said. The British warship HMS Trent seized 506 kilograms of the Class A drug after intercepting a speedboat suspected of smuggling cocaine approximately 120 nautical miles (138 miles or 222 km) south of the Dominican Republic earlier this month.

Cocaine worth over $52mn seized from Caribbean smugglers near Dominican Republic

Refusal to eat refreshments served by Air India cabin crew led to the arrest of a smuggler who was moving gold worth Rs 69 lakh ($83,000) from Jeddah to New Delhi.

Refusal to eat refreshments sparks doubt, leads to arrest of man smuggling gold at Delhi airport

Are you eating poisonous Chinese garlic? India is on alert after authorities have found shipments of banned Chinese garlic on land ports. What is it that makes garlic from China so dangerous?

Gravitas | Is China smuggling poisonous garlic into India?

A married British couple of Indian origin, Arti Dhir, 59, and Kavaljitsinh Raijada, 35, were found guilty of leading a drug-smuggling operation and exporting more than half a tonne of cocaine from the United Kingdom to Australia.

British couple convicted for smuggling cocaine

A Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) sepoy was killed by a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan (soldier) along the India-Bangladesh international border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Monday (Jan 22) during an attempt to foil a cattle smuggling bid.

Bangladeshi sepoy ‘disguised as cattle smuggler’ shot dead by BSF in West Bengal

Thousands of native Australia lizards with a market value of around $805,000 (or A$1.2 million) have been rescued from being smuggled out of the country to Hong Kong.

Criminal gang planning to smuggle lizards worth almost $1mn nabbed in Australia, 257 animals rescued

The customs department of the Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, arrested two passengers trying to smuggle foreign-origin gold. According to the airport officials, it was the biggest haul of 2023.

India: Two passengers arrested for smuggling gold in rectum and coffee machine

An International flyer's attempt to smuggle in wildlife was thwarted by Air Customs officials at the Anna International Airport in Chennai, Southern India, as he was intercepted and his check-in baggage was examined.

Flyer smuggles snakes, rodents in baggage; Customs send animals back to origin country

US Border Patrol agents stationed at Texas's Fort Brown Station made a startling discovery when they intercepted a man attempting to smuggle seven spider monkeys into the United States from Mexico, as reported by the BBC.

Watch | US police rescue huddled spider monkeys from smuggler's backpack

In Panama, police have seized more than six tonnes of shark fins that were reportedly headed to Asia. In addition, authorities have arrested five people in connection to the illegal trade of shark fins, which happen to be a delicacy in some cultures.

Over six tonnes of shark fins seized in Panama, five arrested in illegal trade operation

New Zealand law enforcement and customs officials have successfully thwarted a plot to smuggle methamphetamine (meth) hidden within maple syrup bottles that had arrived from Canada.

New Zealand: Maple bottles filled with record amount of meth seized, six arrested

In a desperate attempt to escape the customs officers, a man swallowed gold biscuits in India. Officials arrested the man for smuggling seven gold biscuits while travelling from Dubai to Mumbai.

Man swallows 7 gold biscuits to escape Mumbai customs- Here's how officials recovered gold

Imad Al-Adwan, the Jordanian lawmaker who was arrested last month for carrying 200 handguns and assault rifles into West Bank, was released on Sunday and is due to face charges back home.

Israel hands over Jordanian MP who smuggled 200 arms and rifles into West Bank

A 36-year-old Indian-origin Malaysian man has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for allegedly smuggling 26 puppies and a kitten in laundry bags from Malaysia to Singapore, as reported by the Press Trust of India (PTI).

Indian-origin Malaysian sentenced for smuggling puppies, kitten to Singapore in laundry bags

The Britain's royal Navy has said that it has seized Iranian weapons including anti-tank guarded missiles last month. The seizure came in the international waters in the Gulf of Oman and Britain claims that the vessel was in fact detected traveling south from Iran at pretty high speed during the hours of darkness.

British Navy seizes 'smuggled Iranian weapons'

The Taliban arrested five men, which included two Chinese nationals, over the allegations of smuggling around 1,000 metric tonnes of lithium-bearing rocks out of Afghanistan, reported local media.

Two Chinese nationals arrested by Taliban for bid to smuggle 1,000MT of lithium rocks

Mexico police stopped a couple on a motorway over a minor traffic offence and found a tiger cub in the couple's car boot. And what's more surprising is that it is not the first time that a tiger cub has been seized by the police in Mexico, as smuggling of big cats is a lucrative business.

Surprise! Mexican authorities find tiger cub wedged between suitcases in couple's car boot

According to authorities, a man who attempted to smuggle reptiles worth $750,000 into the United States by concealing them in his pants risks decades in prison. Jose Manuel Perez, who lives in southern California, planned the six-year plot that involved importing 1,700 animals into the country via Mexico and Hong Kong.

US man hid snakes and lizards in his trousers for smuggling, 60 reptiles found

Australian Border Force (ABF) Commander Claire Rees from Maritime Border Command (MBC) is on a visit to India and Maldives. During the ongoing visit, the official visited the Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting (HACGAM) and had meetings with the Maldivian Coast Guard and other agencies.

"Aus working with regional partners to combat maritime crime, people smuggling" says Border Force Commander

In one of the largest busts of its kind, an estimated 6,000 kilogrammes of elephant tusks, 25 kilogrammes of rhino horns, 100 kilogrammes of pangolin scales and 300 kilogrammes of animal skulls, bones and horns, worth $18 million have been seized by Malaysian custom officials.

Malaysia seizes illicit animal parts worth $18 million in one of the biggest raids of all time

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