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Ranya Rao, a Kannada actress, was apprehended at Kempegowda International Airport with 14 kg of gold, hinting at a smuggling network. CID investigates potential police involvement as wealth discrepancies and duty evasions surface.

Ranya Rao's Arrest: Gold Smuggling Scandal

Kannada actress Ranya Rao was detained at Kempegowda Airport with 14 kg gold, sparking investigations into a potential smuggling network. Authorities question her wealth discrepancies as CID probes possible police collusion.

Kannada actor Ranya Rao arrested for smuggling 14 kg gold at airport

Kannada actress Ranya Rao was caught at Bangalore airport smuggling 14 kg of gold. Authorities suspect a larger syndicate. The CID is investigating potential police collusion, while Rao's wealth discrepancies, including cash and jewelry, remain unexplained.

In a dramatic turn of events, Kannada actor Ranya Rao was apprehended at Kempegowda International Airport with 14 kilograms of gold concealed on her person.
The gold smuggling attempt came to light on March 4, after Rao, traveling from Dubai via an Emirates flight, was intercepted by Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials acting on a tip-off.
Ranya Rao, while passing through the green channel meant for travelers with nothing to declare, denied carrying any dutiable goods, including gold or other contraband. Despite having no baggage declaration or proof of legal purchase of the gold, the metal detector alerted officials to the presence of metal.
Although initial scans of her hand baggage and trolley revealed nothing, a personal search uncovered gold bars fastened to her waist and calf muscles with crepe bandages, along with gold concealed in her shoes and pockets.
The seizure of 14,213.050 grams of 24-karat gold marked the beginning of similar operations. According to the Customs Act, 1962, the permissible limit for carrying gold is valued at Rs 1 crore, significantly less than what Rao was carrying.
A subsequent search at her Lavelle Road residence unearthed Rs 2.67 crore in cash and over Rs 2 crore in jewelry, for which she could not provide valid documentation.
Further investigations revealed Rao's previous declarations to Dubai Customs in November and December, stating her intent to travel to Geneva with purchased gold.
However, her travel history showed she diverted to India, resulting in a duty evasion charge amounting to Rs 4.83 crore, exceeding the permitted limit of Rs 50 lakhs.
Authorities suspect that Rao's frequent trips to Dubai might be linked to a larger smuggling syndicate.
Her arrest was deemed necessary to prevent further offences and potential tampering of evidence, the DRI arrest memo stated, also noting that Rao has not fully cooperated with the investigation.
Controversy also surrounds claims that Rao was tortured in custody; however, the arrest memo clarified that existing injury marks under her eyes were from a previous incident.
This clarification comes amidst a Karnataka government-ordered Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into the smuggling case. Additionally, the state has initiated a separate inquiry into the involvement, if any, of Rao's step-father, senior IPS officer K Ramachandra Rao.
The CID has been tasked with investigating possible lapses within the police department and any potential collusion. The unfolding case promises further revelations as investigations continue into the sophisticated network allegedly linked to Rao's activities.

Shafi, a native of Wayanad, was arrested with 1,487 grams of gold.

Air India cabin crew arrested for smuggling gold 

An Air India cabin crew was arrested March 8 at the Kochi Airport for smuggling gold, officials said. 

The Customs had received information that Shafi, a cabin crew member of the Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi service, was bringing gold.

An Air India cabin crew was arrested on March 8 at the Kochi Airport for smuggling gold, officials said.
Shafi, a native of Wayanad, was arrested with 1,487 grams of gold.
The Customs had received information that Shafi, a cabin crew member of the Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi service, was bringing gold.
The accused was planning to wrap the gold around the hands and cover the sleeve of the shirt and pass through the green channel, the officials said.
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Watch: Customs arrest 2 foreign nationals for possessing USD 90,000, gold paste at Mumbai airport

Watch: 2 foreigners held with $90,000, gold paste at Mumbai airport

The duo has been arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Customs Act and further investigation is underway, as per an official

The duo has been arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Customs Act and further investigation is underway, as per an official

The customs has arrested two foreign nationals with USD 90,000 and more than 2.5 kg of gold paste concealed in books and undergarments in separate operations at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here, an official said on Tuesday.
A man from Azerbaijan travelling to Sharjah, was intercepted by the customs team on Sunday and USD 90,000 worth Rs 73 lakh were recovered from his possession, the official said.
The money was found hidden in books that the accused was carrying, he said.
In a similar operation, a man from Palestine, who had arrived from Dubai, was caught with more than 2.5 kg of gold paste valued at Rs 1.30 crore, the official said.
The traveller had concealed the gold paste in his undergarment, he said.
The duo has been arrested and booked under relevant sections of the Customs Act and further investigation is underway, the official added.
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Customs officials seized 61 kg of gold worth Rs 32 crore at Mumbai International Airport making it the highest-value seizure at the airport in a single day. Seven people were arrested 

'Highest seizure in a day', Mumbai customs recover 61 kg gold 

Customs officials seized 61 kg of gold worth Rs 32 crore at Mumbai International Airport making it the highest-value seizure at the airport in a single day. Seven people were arrested 


Customs officials seized 61 kg of gold worth Rs 32 crore at Mumbai International Airport making it the highest-value seizure at the airport in a single day. Seven people were arrested&nbsp;

Customs officials seized 61 kg of gold worth Rs 32 crore in separate operations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here, making it the highest value seizure by the department at the airport in a single day, an official said on Sunday. At least seven travellers, five men and two women, were arrested in the seizures that were made on Friday, the official said.
This is the highest seizure in a single day in the history of the customs at the Mumbai airport, he claimed.
In the first operation, four Indians returning from Tanzania were found carrying 1 kg gold bars, which were concealed in specially-designed belts with multiple pockets, the official said.
Officials recovered 53 kg of UAE-made gold bars, worth Rs 28.17 crore, from the belts that the passengers had worn around their torso, he said.
The belts were handed over to the travellers by a Sudanese national at Doha airport during transit time, the official said.
The four travellers were arrested and remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a court, he said.
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Similarly, customs officials seized 8 kg gold valued at Rs 3.88 crore from three passengers who had arrived from Dubai, he said.
The trio, including two women, were carrying gold dust in wax form, he said.
The gold was ingeniously concealed in the waistline of the jeans the travellers had worn, the official said.
One of the women was is in her late 60s and was on a wheelchair, he said, adding that the trio were arrested and remanded to judicial custody.&nbsp;

A Jacob & Co, a Piaget limelight stella and 5 Rolex oysters – a total of 7 luxury watch were recovered from an Indian passenger by custom officials at the Delhi airport. 
The Jacob & Co watch, made of gold and studded with diamonds, is alone worth Rs 27.09 crore according to customs officials. 
Commissioner of customs at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport Zubair Riaz Kamili said it is the biggest seizure, in value terms, of commercial or luxury goods.
“In value terms, it is equivalent to seizing around 60 kgs of gold in one instance,” he added.
The accused passenger, an Indian national, was intercepted by the customs officials after his arrival from Dubai on Tuesday, an official statement said.
Besides these watches, a diamond-studded gold bracelet and an iPhone 14 Pro 256 GB having a total value of Rs 28.17 crore were also recovered from the passenger, said the statement issued by Delhi Customs.
The watches were seized and the passenger was arrested, it said.
A senior customs official said the accused passenger and his uncle have a retail outlet of expensive watches in Dubai with branches at other places in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
"He was carrying them for delivery to a high-profile client in Delhi. The passenger was to meet this client, said to be from Gujarat, at a five star hotel in Delhi. The client did not turn up for the meeting. So far, the accused has also not disclosed the name of the client saying he fears for his life," the official said, wishing anonymity.
Chief Commissioner, Delhi Customs Zone, Surjit Bhujabal said, “Alert customs officers at Delhi Airport has made this (seizure) possible in spite of having such high passenger traffic.
“Indian Customs have always ensured maximum facilitation with minimal disturbance to genuine passengers and simultaneously ensuring to safeguard of economic frontiers by curbing smuggling,” Bhujbal said.

'Biggest seizure' at Delhi airport customs, watch worth Rs 27 crores part of haul

A Jacob & Co, a Piaget limelight stella and 5 Rolex oysters – a total of 7 luxury watch were recovered from an Indian passenger coming from Dubai by custom officials at the Delhi airport. 

The accused passenger, an Indian national, was intercepted by the customs officials after his arrival from Dubai on Tuesday, an official statement said.

A Jacob &amp; Co, a Piaget limelight stella and 5 Rolex oysters &ndash; a total of 7 luxury watch were recovered from an Indian passenger by custom officials at the Delhi airport.&nbsp;
The Jacob &amp; Co watch, made of gold and studded with diamonds, is alone worth Rs 27.09 crore according to customs officials.&nbsp;
Commissioner of customs at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport Zubair Riaz Kamili said it is the biggest seizure, in value terms, of commercial or luxury goods.
&ldquo;In value terms, it is equivalent to seizing around 60 kgs of gold in one instance,&rdquo; he added.
The accused passenger, an Indian national, was intercepted by the customs officials after his arrival from Dubai on Tuesday, an official statement said.
Besides these watches, a diamond-studded gold bracelet and an iPhone 14 Pro 256 GB having a total value of Rs 28.17 crore were also recovered from the passenger, said the statement issued by Delhi Customs.
The watches were seized and the passenger was arrested, it said.
A senior customs official said the accused passenger and his uncle have a retail outlet of expensive watches in Dubai with branches at other places in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
"He was carrying them for delivery to a high-profile client in Delhi. The passenger was to meet this client, said to be from Gujarat, at a five star hotel in Delhi. The client did not turn up for the meeting. So far, the accused has also not disclosed the name of the client saying he fears for his life," the official said, wishing anonymity.
Chief Commissioner, Delhi Customs Zone, Surjit Bhujabal said, &ldquo;Alert customs officers at Delhi Airport has made this (seizure) possible in spite of having such high passenger traffic.
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&ldquo;Indian Customs have always ensured maximum facilitation with minimal disturbance to genuine passengers and simultaneously ensuring to safeguard of economic frontiers by curbing smuggling,&rdquo; Bhujbal said.
(with PTI inputs)

Saudi Riyals worth Rs 41-lakh found concealed in 'Lehanga buttons' at Delhi airport

Saudi Riyals worth Rs 41 lakh found concealed in 'Lehanga buttons' at Delhi airport

The airport authorities noticed Raza’s suspicious activity based on behaviour detection at Terminal-3 of the airport.

Stuffed in lehenga 'buttons', Saudi Riyals worth Rs 41-lakh seized at Delhi airport

The airport authorities noticed Raza&rsquo;s suspicious activity based on behaviour detection at Terminal-3 of the airport.

The Central Intelligence Security Force (CISF) and airport authorities apprehended a passenger on Tuesday for illegally trying to smuggle Saudi Riyals. The passenger was found to be carrying Saudi Riyals worth 41 lakh Indian Rupee stuffed in lehenga buttons.&nbsp;
According to a <a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/explained-adani-group-to-acquire-stake-in-ndtv-1661298069635">NDTV</a> report, the passenger identified as Misam Raza was flying to Dubai from Delhi on a <a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/case-against-social-media-influencer-for-smoking-inside-spicejet-plane-1660657225967">SpiceJet</a> flight.&nbsp;
The airport authorities noticed Raza&rsquo;s suspicious activity based on behaviour detection at Terminal-3 of the airport.
The passenger was then put under thorough check along with his luggage. At the X-ray baggage inspection system, buttons in bulk were detected. Although he was allowed to complete his check in formalities, the officials maintained a close watch on him.&nbsp;
Meanwhile, on thorough checking of his luggage, the officials found Saudi Riyals concealed in lehenga buttons. The currency notes were made into small bundles and packed inside oversize buttons.&nbsp;
Raza was then intercepted by <a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/local/1-dead-1-injured-as-cisf-jawan-opens-fire-inside-kolkata-museum-1659806448493">CISF</a> officials who failed to produce valid documents related to Saudi Riyals. Raza was handed over to the custom officials.&nbsp;
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An Indian couple was arrested at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 45 hand guns into the country, customs officials said on Wednesday.
The accused, who arrived here from Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, have been placed under surveillance by the officials. The husband and wife duo were accompanied by their infant daughter who has been handed over to her grandmother. 
The male passenger was carrying two trolley bags, which were handed to him by his elder brother who had arrived from Paris almost at the same time and day as the couple's flight from Vietnam landed here, the customs department said in the statement.
The elder brother, after handing over the trolley bags, “slipped out of the airport,” it said.
The woman passenger too was active part of this plan as she helped her husband remove and destroy the tags of both the trolley bags that contained the guns, the statement said.
"Further, examination of these two trolley bags carried by passenger -1 (male passenger) resulted in the recovery of 45 pieces of assorted brand guns having approximate value of Rs 22.5 lakh," it said.

Indian couple lands in Delhi with 45 guns, arrested

An Indian couple was arrested at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 45 hand guns into the country, customs officials said on Wednesday.

Both the passengers have reportedly also admitted their previous involvement in smuggling 25 pieces of assorted guns from Turkey with approximate value of Rs 12.5 lakh.&nbsp;

An Indian couple was arrested at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 45 hand guns into the country, customs officials said on Wednesday.
The accused, who arrived here from Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, have been placed under surveillance by the officials. The husband and wife duo were accompanied by their infant daughter who has been handed over to her grandmother.&nbsp;
The male passenger was carrying two trolley bags, which were handed to him by his elder brother who had arrived from Paris almost at the same time and day as the couple's flight from Vietnam landed here, the customs department said in the statement.
The elder brother, after handing over the trolley bags, &ldquo;slipped out of the airport,&rdquo; it said.
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The woman passenger too was active part of this plan as she helped her husband remove and destroy the tags of both the trolley bags that contained the guns, the statement said.
"Further, examination of these two trolley bags carried by passenger -1 (male passenger) resulted in the recovery of 45 pieces of assorted brand guns having approximate value of Rs 22.5 lakh," it said.

A gangster sitting in a jail plotted the murder of someone sitting almost 300 km away. This is what Punjab Police suspect in the Sidhu Moose Wala case.
This is not the first time that such a gangster sitting in prison has been accused of plotting or perpetrating a crime.
In June 2020, an associate of gangster Manjeet Mahal allegedly sent an audio file to businessman from Delhi's Tihar jail and demanded ₹1 crore. Just a month later, gangster Jitender Gogi allegedly threatened a businessman from inside Tihar prison, demanding ₹5 crore.
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Then in March 2021, police said that a Tihar inmate called up an associate from inside the jail to smuggle mercury inside to poison 2 inmates. In March 2022, an associate of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya was killed as part of plot hatched in Tihar by slain gangster Jitender Gogi's aides, as per police.
To avoid detection, criminals keep changing their method of communication, like using voice and video call features of social media platforms, to sending voice recordings.
But how do jail inmates get access to phones? The mobile devices can be handed to inmates by acquaintances during jail meetings or court hearings. In some cases at Tihar, mobile phones were wrapped in cloth or socks and thrown over the boundary wall of the jail. The other way is to either bribe or coerce jail staff.
The hiding places are quite unique, and disturbing. In August 2019, a Tihar prisoner swallowed 4 mobile phones. Doctors made him vomit three out, but the fourth was had to be surgically removed from his rectum.
In August 2021, an NIA team probing the case of a bomb scare outside Mukesh Ambani's house seized two phones at Tihar from the alleged chief of Indian Mujahideen. In January 2022, an inmate swallowed a phone to hide it, and doctors had to fish it out using a snare.
With such instances occurring at regular intervals, most recently in the Moose Wala and Lawrence Bishnoi case, questions have been raised about the situation at high-security prisons like Tihar.
In April 2022, Delhi government reportedly told Supreme Court that mobile signal jammers and X-ray scanners were being installed at Tihar. Earlier, in November 2021, Tihar authorities had said that 3 mobile signal jammers had been installed at the premises.
It remains to be seen how effective such steps are.

Revealed: from inside prison, how gangsters plot crimes. Phone smuggling & hiding; past instances

Revealed: from inside prison, how gangsters plot crimes

Sidhu Moose Wala murder: Punjab police the crime was plotted by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who is currently incarcerated at Delhi's Tihar jail.

A gangster sitting in a jail plotted the murder of someone sitting almost 300 km away. This is what Punjab Police suspect in the Sidhu Moose Wala case.
This is not the first time that such a gangster sitting in prison has been accused of plotting or perpetrating a crime.
In June 2020, an associate of gangster Manjeet Mahal allegedly sent an audio file to businessman from Delhi's Tihar jail and demanded ₹1 crore. Just a month later, gangster Jitender Gogi allegedly threatened a businessman from inside Tihar prison, demanding ₹5 crore.
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Then in March 2021, police said that a Tihar inmate called up an associate from inside the jail to smuggle mercury inside to poison 2 inmates. In March 2022, an associate of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya was killed as part of plot hatched in Tihar by slain gangster Jitender Gogi's aides, as per police.
To avoid detection, criminals keep changing their method of communication, like using voice and video call features of social media platforms, to sending voice recordings.
But how do jail inmates get access to phones? The mobile devices can be handed to inmates by acquaintances during jail meetings or court hearings. In some cases at Tihar, mobile phones were wrapped in cloth or socks and thrown over the boundary wall of the jail. The other way is to either bribe or coerce jail staff.
The hiding places are quite unique, and disturbing. In August 2019, a Tihar prisoner swallowed 4 mobile phones. Doctors made him vomit three out, but the fourth was had to be surgically removed from his rectum.
In August 2021, an NIA team probing the case of a bomb scare outside Mukesh Ambani's house seized two phones at Tihar from the alleged chief of Indian Mujahideen. In January 2022, an inmate swallowed a phone to hide it, and doctors had to fish it out using a snare.
With such instances occurring at regular intervals, most recently in the Moose Wala and Lawrence Bishnoi case, questions have been raised about the situation at high-security prisons like Tihar.
In April 2022, Delhi government reportedly told Supreme Court that mobile signal jammers and X-ray scanners were being installed at Tihar. Earlier, in November 2021, Tihar authorities had said that 3 mobile signal jammers had been installed at the premises.
It remains to be seen how effective such steps are.

The NCB has seized about 50 kg of "high-quality" heroin and arrested a man after it conducted raids in the Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi's Jamia Nagar, the federal anti-narcotics agency said on Thursday, claiming to have busted an Indo-Afghan drug-smuggling racket.
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Deputy Director General (operations) Sanjay Kumar Singh said during a press briefing that cash amounting to Rs 30 lakh was also seized after the operation at a residential premises in the south Delhi area on Wednesday.
The drugs were kept in backpacks and jute bags and were wrapped in packets of e-commerce major Flipkart and other companies, the officer said.
He said this was one of the biggest narcotics seizures in Delhi, that too from a residential area, in the recent past.
Another 47 kg of "suspected" narcotics were also seized from the premises and the NCB has sent the seized substance to a laboratory for testing, Singh said.
The seized heroin originated from Afghanistan and the cash found is suspected to have been channelled through hawala (illegal routing of cash), he added.
The agency also seized cash-counting machines and some other "incriminating" material from the premises.
"It has been revealed that an Indo-Afghan syndicate based in Delhi, the National Capital Region and the neighbouring states is connected with the case. These syndicates have expertise in manufacturing and adulterating heroin locally, Singh said.
A senior officer said the "kingpin" of the syndicate is based in Dubai and the agency is probing the case further, including certain links with Pakistan-based narcotics operatives.
The man who was arrested -- an Indian national -- does not stay in the raided apartment at Shaheen Bagh and had taken it on rent, the officer, who wished to remain anonymous, said.
The India-Afghanistan syndicates smuggle goods to India through maritime as well as land-border routes and heroin is smuggled with legitimate goods and cargo, the NCB said.
The contraband is subsequently extracted from these goods by the Indian members of the syndicates with the help of some Afghan nationals, it added.
The agency is carrying out raids to bust the entire network and the traffickers are linked to operatives based in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi, the agency said.

Delhi drug bust: 50 kg of heroin seized, one held from Jamia Nagar: NCB

The Narcotics Control Bureau has seized about 50 kg of &lsquo;high-quality' heroin and arrested a man after it conducted raids in Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi on Thursday. The agency claims&nbsp;to have busted an Indo-Afghan drug-smuggling racket.&nbsp; The NCB Deputy Director General of operations Sanjay Kumar Singh said that cash amounting to Rs 30 lakh was also seized. He said this was one of the biggest narcotics seizures in Delhi, that too from a residential area.&nbsp; Another 47 kg of "suspected" narcotics were also seized from the premises which has been sent for testing.&nbsp; The agency also seized cash-counting machines and some other "incriminating" material.&nbsp; The India-Afghanistan syndicates smuggle goods to India through maritime as well as land-border routes and heroin is smuggled with legitimate goods and cargo.&nbsp;

The NCB has seized about 50 kg of "high-quality" heroin and arrested a man after it conducted raids in the Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi's Jamia Nagar

The NCB has seized about 50 kg of "high-quality" heroin and arrested a man after it conducted raids in the Shaheen Bagh area of Delhi's Jamia Nagar, the federal anti-narcotics agency said on Thursday, claiming to have busted an Indo-Afghan drug-smuggling racket.
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Deputy Director General (operations) Sanjay Kumar Singh said during a press briefing that cash amounting to Rs 30 lakh was also seized after the operation at a residential premises in the south Delhi area on Wednesday.
The drugs were kept in backpacks and jute bags and were wrapped in packets of e-commerce major Flipkart and other companies, the officer said.
He said this was one of the biggest narcotics seizures in Delhi, that too from a residential area, in the recent past.
Another 47 kg of "suspected" narcotics were also seized from the premises and the NCB has sent the seized substance to a laboratory for testing, Singh said.
The seized heroin originated from Afghanistan and the cash found is suspected to have been channelled through hawala (illegal routing of cash), he added.
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The agency also seized cash-counting machines and some other "incriminating" material from the premises.
"It has been revealed that an Indo-Afghan syndicate based in Delhi, the National Capital Region and the neighbouring states is connected with the case. These syndicates have expertise in manufacturing and adulterating heroin locally, Singh said.
A senior officer said the "kingpin" of the syndicate is based in Dubai and the agency is probing the case further, including certain links with Pakistan-based narcotics operatives.
The man who was arrested -- an Indian national -- does not stay in the raided apartment at Shaheen Bagh and had taken it on rent, the officer, who wished to remain anonymous, said.
The India-Afghanistan syndicates smuggle goods to India through maritime as well as land-border routes and heroin is smuggled with legitimate goods and cargo, the NCB said.
The contraband is subsequently extracted from these goods by the Indian members of the syndicates with the help of some Afghan nationals, it added.
The agency is carrying out raids to bust the entire network and the traffickers are linked to operatives based in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi, the agency said.

Police found another pangolin being smuggled in Odisha on April 24. It is the most trafficked mammal in the world.&nbsp;Pangolins are in great illegal demand across Asia, Africa, and America for their scales, meat, and leather.&nbsp;This was the thirteenth pangolin to be rescued from traffickers in the just the last 2 years.
When scared, pangolins roll up into balls and cover their heads with their front legs.&nbsp;If they continue to be perturbed, they can hit with sharp scales on their tails. They are also called scaly anteaters, and 8 species of pangolin are found across Asia and Africa. They range from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered, according to the World Worldlife Fund.
JN Pankaj, DIG of Police, Special Task Force (STF) said, "Yesterday, we rescued a live pangolin from near a village near the forest in Boudh district. One person has been arrested. For 2 years, we have been conducting a special drive against Wild Life offences. We have caught over 70 wild life criminals. We have rescued 13 live pangolins. 27 leopard hides, 18 elephant tusks, 7 deer skins have been seized so far. Around 30 kg of pangolin scales has also been seized. Leopard teeth and claws have also been seized in 2 years of this special drive."

Do you know this animal? Another live pangolin rescued from smugglers in Odisha

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 Do you know which animal this is? This is a pangolin, the most trafficked mammal in the world. &nbsp; Pangolins are in great illegal demand across Asia, Africa, and America for their scales, meat, and leather. And police found another pangolin being smuggled in Odisha on April 24. This was the thirteenth pangolin to be rescued from traffickers in the just the last 2 years.
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 TRANSLATION - Yesterday, we rescued a live pangolin from near a village near the forest in Boudh district. One person has been arrested. For 2 years, we have been conducting a special drive against Wild Life offences. We have caught over 70 wild life criminals. We have rescued 13 live pangolins. 27 leopard hides, 18 elephant tusks, 7 deer skins have been seized so far. Around 30 kg of pangolin scales has also been seized. Leopard teeth and claws have also been seized in 2 years of this special drive.
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CAPTIONS Pangolin rescued in Odisha Rescued from traffickers One person arrested Most trafficked mammal 13th rescue in 2 years In demand for scales, meat 8 species in Asia, Africa

<div class="elementToProof">Pangolins are in great illegal demand across Asia, Africa, and America for their scales, meat, and leather.</div>

Police found another pangolin being smuggled in Odisha on April 24. It is the most trafficked mammal in the world.&nbsp;Pangolins are in great illegal demand across Asia, Africa, and America for their scales, meat, and leather.&nbsp;This was the thirteenth pangolin to be rescued from traffickers in the just the last 2 years.
When scared, pangolins roll up into balls and cover their heads with their front legs.&nbsp;If they continue to be perturbed, they can hit with sharp scales on their tails. They are also called scaly anteaters, and 8 species of pangolin are found across Asia and Africa. They range from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered, according to the World Worldlife Fund.
JN Pankaj, DIG of Police, Special Task Force (STF) said, "Yesterday, we rescued a live pangolin from near a village near the forest in Boudh district. One person has been arrested. For 2 years, we have been conducting a special drive against Wild Life offences. We have caught over 70 wild life criminals. We have rescued 13 live pangolins. 27 leopard hides, 18 elephant tusks, 7 deer skins have been seized so far. Around 30 kg of pangolin scales has also been seized. Leopard teeth and claws have also been seized in 2 years of this special drive."

A Chinese national apprehended while trying to cross the India-Bangladesh border illegally has told the investigators that he and his associates have smuggled as many as 1,300 Indian SIM cards into their country by hiding them in undergarments, the BSF said on Friday.
35-year-old Han Junwe, a resident of China's Hubei province, was nabbed by a BSF patrol party from the Malda district of West Bengal on Thursday and then handed over&nbsp;to the police for "further legal proceedings".
The BSF&nbsp;said that Junwe&nbsp;is a wanted criminal who has a Blue Notice issued against him by the Interpol. He&nbsp;used the SIM&nbsp;cards to hack bank account and carry out financial fraud, BSF&nbsp;added.&nbsp;

Chinese man held at Bangladesh border smuggled Indian SIM cards: BSF

A Chinese national apprehended while trying to cross the India-Bangladesh border illegally has told the investigators that he and his associates have smuggled as many as 1,300 Indian SIM cards into their country by hiding them in undergarments, the BSF said on Friday.
35-year-old Han Junwe, a resident of China's Hubei province, was nabbed by a BSF patrol party from the Malda district of West Bengal on Thursday and then handed over&nbsp;to the police for "further legal proceedings".
The BSF&nbsp;said that Junwe&nbsp;is a wanted criminal who has a Blue Notice issued against him by the Interpol. He&nbsp;used the SIM&nbsp;cards to hack bank account and carry out financial fraud, BSF&nbsp;added.&nbsp;

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