Major counterfeit currency & narcotics rackets busted in Bengal’s Malda, 4 arrested
In a major joint operation by the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police have busted two major cross-border rackets of counterfeit currencies and narcotics.
In a major joint operation by the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police have busted two major cross-border rackets of counterfeit currencies and narcotics.
Heroin worth Rs 1.20 crore was recovered from the possession of a middle-aged person near Panagarh town on NH-19 in West Burdwan last evening.
The Special Task Force (STF) in Assam on Sunday seized drugs worth Rs 6 crore which were smuggled from Manipur and arrested two persons including a drug peddler
In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police apprehended a man and confiscated a large consignment of narcotics valued at nearly Rs 4.5 crore early Monday morning.
In what is being hailed as Chhattisgarh’s most decisive anti-Maoist operation, security forces eliminated 31 Maoist insurgents in a meticulously executed two-hour encounter on Friday.
The STF had, on 14 May last, had arrested three persons including a teacher in connection with racket.
The STF conducted raids and three accused persons identified as Pathanisamant Lenka (ITI Teacher), Saroj Kumar Nayak and Soumya Pattanaik were arrested,” said the STF in a statement.
The fugitive drug peddler has been identified as Salim Ahmmed, a resident of a village in Imphal East district of Manipur.
33 Naxals were arrested by Bihar police from other states like UP, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.
The accused was computer savvy youth and fake currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 100 denominations were seized from his possession.
