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The Madras High Court ordered the return of convicted idol smuggler Subash Chandra Kapoor to Germany after he finished his 10-year prison sentence. Under international extradition rules, India cannot detain him for other unapproved theft cases without Germany's formal consent.

The Indian Coast Guard intercepted three vessels and busted an international network involved in illegal mid-sea oil transfers about 100 nautical miles off Mumbai. The operation followed detailed surveillance and revealed cross-border handlers coordinating smuggling to evade customs duties and checks.

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned six coal traders following raids on I-PAC’s office and director Pratik Jain. The probe alleges that ₹20 crore from a ₹1,114 crore coal smuggling syndicate was routed through hawala channels to fund election activities.

“Specific intelligence was developed by the officers of DRI that red sanders were being clandestinely secreted at various godowns in Chennai and its outskirts and the same are being attempted for export from Chennai via Delhi. Accordingly, DRI officers carried out coordinated systematic searches at three premises from 09.12.2025 to 11.12.2025,” a press release issued by the Ministry of Finance reads.

A court in Handwara has convicted a retired policeman, Mushtaq Ahmad Pir, son of Abdul Ahad Pir, a resident of Kalmoona Tarathpora, for two serious crimes, smuggling drugs (heroin) and possessing a huge amount of counterfeit money.

Air traffic at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania were suspended last night due to disruptions caused by dozens of weather balloons used by smugglers entering...

Two suspects were killed and two others repatriated to Ecuador and Colombia after the US military struck a fentanyl-laden submarine in the Caribbean, a move that has sparked legal and diplomatic concerns internationally.