Mumbai: Over 900 bottles of liquor were seized from the toilet of a sleeper coach of the Kochuveli-Porbandar train at Vasai on Monday. The seizure was made after alert passengers informed the railway police. Passengers who suspected foul play on inspecting the box found 90ml and 180 ml liquor bottles in it.
Bars, Liquor shops raided in Hyderabad; 48L alcohol seized
Hyderabad: Three people were arrested, and 48 litres of alcohol worth ₹1,06,000 were seized during a raid by the Commissioner’s Task Force on Monday morning in Banjara Hills, Borabanda, and Chikkadapally. The accused, Chittuluri Srinivas, V. Narsihma, and M. Mallesh, were found serving liquor illegally at The Blue Heaven Restaurant and Bar, violating excise regulations.
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Indian cosmetics worth Tk 11 lakh seized in Sunamganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized Indian cosmetics and Nasir Biri worth TK 11 lakh from the Doarbazar border area in Sunamganj on Saturday night.
The goods were seized from the godown of Rabbil Miah at Chowdhurypara bazar under Banglabazar union in the upazila.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Bastola BOP, Sunamgang Battalion (28 BGB), conducted a raid in the area and seized the illegal products from the godown around 11:30 pm.
During the raid, the paramilitary force seized a total of 38,000 Indian Nasir Biri, 2,820 piece Nivea Soft Cream, 490 piece Nivea body lotion, 80 kilograms of East Powder, and 25 kilograms of rice.
Fake currency notes printed by Maoists seized from Chhattisgarh forest: Police
The security forces recovered a huge cache of fake currency notes printed by Maoists and the equipment used for it from a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday evening, officials said.
During a search of the site, the security personnel recovered a cache of fake notes in the denominations of ₹50, ₹100, ₹200 and ₹500, a coloured printing machine, a black and white printer, an inverter machine, 200 bottles of ink, four cartridges of printer machine, nine printer rollers, six wireless sets, its charger and batteries, he said.
Two muzzle loading guns, a huge cache of explosives, other materials and Naxal uniform clothes were also seized, Chavan said.
Tamil Nadu: Illicit liquor seized in Trichy, days after Kallakurichi Hooch tragedy
In the wake of the deaths in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu in which 50 people died, 250 liters of illicit liquor were seized and disposed off in the state’s Tiruchirapalli district.
The action was taken by Tiruchirapalli District Collector, Pradeep Kumar and Superintendent of Police, Varun Kumar, based on intelligence input on Friday night, police said.
24 nabbed in Kapurthala, drugs, illicit liquor seized
Kapurthala: During a cordon and search operation (CASO) carried out by the Kapurthala police, 51 grams of heroin, 500 grams of poppy husk, 900 intoxicant capsules, 1100 intoxicant tablets, 57,000 ml illicit liquor, 45500 ml liquor, 315 gram intoxicant powder, two tractors, an Innova and 10 two-wheelers were seized by the police.
The district police on Friday carried out Operation Eagle 4 arresting 24 persons with registration of 22 FIRs. The entire operation was supervised by ADGP (Internal Security) Shive Kumar Verma.
The police teams led by SSP Vatsala Gupta and SPs and DSPs concerned conducted a search at 11 drug hot spots. The police also verified as many as 246 suspects in all four sub-divisions of the district, she added.
SSP Vatsala Gupta said that the search operation was aimed to nab those found involved in drug peddling and that the anti-drug campaign would be a continuous process. The police teams raided the hot spots from 8 am to 2 pm so that the drug traffickers could be nabbed. During the operation, police teams also arrested two proclaimed offenders besides seizing 13 suspicious vehicles across the district, she added.
Thirteen people arrested by authorities in Victoria, WA in operation targeting illegal tobacco trade
Police have arrested 13 people — some with alleged links to a Middle Eastern crime group — over the cigarette war that has led to the fire bombings of dozens of tobacco stores across Australia.
On Monday, Victoria Police executed six search warrants, including at an address in Sunbury in Melbourne’s north, where they said about 2.4 million illicit cigarettes were seized, along with 15 firearms, a stolen vehicle and a gel blaster. A further 50,000 illicit cigarettes, 30 kilograms of loose tobacco, vapes, a crossbow, ammunition, cash and drugs, including cocaine, steroids and magic mushrooms, were seized from other Melbourne addresses in Wollert, Collingwood, Werribee and Altona Meadows, investigators said.
Meanwhile in WA, police said 5.9 million illicit cigarettes, $1.7 million in cash, five vehicles with a combined value of $500,000, and 41,000 vapes were part of a significant haul seized during searches at private homes, storage units and retail outlets. The head of the syndicate with alleged links to a Middle Eastern crime — a 29-year-old man previously from Victoria — moved to Perth two years ago to help establish an illegal tobacco network, police said.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-21/victoria-police-tobacco-war-arrests-wa-police/104007356
7,600 fake goods seized in Guangzhou
Law enforcement personnel seized more than 7,600 counterfeit products during a special operation targeting counterfeiting in shopping malls and stores near Guangzhou Railway Station in the Yuexiu district of Guangdong’s provincial capital on Sunday.
The fake products were seized during investigations of 17 cases and included leather goods, clothing, shoes, cosmetics and watches suspected of having infringed on the exclusive rights of trademarked brands such as Hermes, Dior, LV, Gucci and Versace, according to a statement released by the Guangzhou market supervision administration on Tuesday.
The special operation, which was jointly launched by the administration and the public security bureau of Guangzhou, the city’s Yuexiu and Baiyun districts and local neighborhood committees, dealt a heavy blow to counterfeiting activities surrounding Guangzhou Railway Station, where many bazaars and shopping malls are located, the administration said.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202406/19/WS66722ba3a31095c51c5099f1.html
Six tonnes of sandalwood seized in Puducherry
PUDUCHERRY: Forest Department officials from Salem seized six tonnes of sandalwood and sawdust from an essential oil factory in Puducherry. The factory operates on land allegedly owned by the daughter of Puducherry Agriculture Minister Theni C Djeacoumar.
According to sources, during a vehicle check in Salem, forest officials seized 1.5 tonnes of sandalwood transported from Kerala in a container lorry without proper permission. A total of Six persons were arrested in the case. Upon inquiry, it was discovered that the sandalwood was destined for Indore Afro Essential Oil Private Limited in Ulavaikal near Villianur, Puducherry.
A team led by Assistant Conservator of Forests R Selvakumar conducted an inspection at the factory on Thursday, following which they found a total of six tonnes of sandalwood, sawdust, and 24 kilograms of oil in search. The inspection and inquiry continued until Friday evening and the officials seized the items and informed the Puducherry district administration, but no arrests were made. The factory is allegedly owned by a man from Kerala and the land in which it is located allegedly belongs to a Puducherry minister’s daughter, sources added.
Meghalaya BSF seizes goods worth Rs 77 lakh along Bangladesh border
Border Security Force (BSF) in Meghalaya, in a major crackdown on cross-border smuggling activities, thwarted two separate smuggling attempts on June 14.
The operations resulted in the seizure of a substantial quantity of medicines, mobile phone displays, and sugar, collectively valued at over Rs 77 lakh.
The seized goods were intended to be smuggled into Bangladesh through the international border. The BSF personnel, deployed along the border, demonstrated their vigilance and swift action to disrupt the illegal activities.