NEW DELHI: Actress Ranya Rao and Tarun Raju on Tuesday were granted default bail by a Bengaluru court in connection with a gold smuggling case, but with strict conditions attached. The case surfaced on March 3, when Ranya, also known as Harshavardhani Ranya, was arrested at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru with 14.8 kilograms of…
The Trump administration announced criminal smuggling charges on Wednesday against Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who was detained three months ago after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her luggage. In a hearing in federal district court earlier in the day, a government lawyer told a federal judge that the Trump administration…
Police recovered 5 kg of heroin, a currency counting machine, and several other items (Image credits: PTI) AMRITSAR: Punjab Police‘s counter-intelligence unit in Amritsar uncovered a drug smuggling network with links to Pakistan-based smugglers on Thursday. During a recent raid, police recovered 5 kg of heroin, a currency counting machine, and several other items.According to…
The Spanish police say they rescued 19 exotic felines from a home on the island of Majorca that were bound for sale on the growing illegal world market for big cats, and they arrested the Russian couple who owned them. With demand for large felines like lions and tigers high in some quarters — some…
Representative image (ANI) In an overnight operation on 12-13 April 25, Indian Coast Guard undertook an intelligence based anti-narcotics operation at sea jointly with the Gujarat ATS. More than 300kg of narcotics worth approx Rs 1,800 crore has been seized. The operation was a perfect example of inter-agency coordination wherein based on a corroborated input…
A Cuban woman who had come to the United States illegally was sentenced Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison for her part in a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 16 people. Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, 26, who had been living in Sebring, Florida, was sentenced in Miami federal court, according to court…
LUCKNOW: A 41-year-old Ugandan woman, Anita Nabafu Wamukuta, was arrested and sent to jail on Wednesday after the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered 34 capsules containing narcotic substances from her abdomen.The woman arrived in Lucknow via Dubai from Uganda on Saturday and was kept under medical observation for four days. Wamukuta, who had ingested…
A video that circulated widely on the internet recently showed a Haitian gang leader, Joseph Wilson, shirtless, happily showing off belts of .50 caliber ammunition, mockingly saying he used the armor-piercing bullets to groom his hair. “We have enough combs for our hair to last a year,” he joked. So how did he get them?…
Ranya Rao Case: गोल्ड स्मगलिंग के मामले में गिरफ्तार कन्नड़ अभिनेत्री रान्या राव ने आरोप लगाया है कि राजस्व खुफिया निदेशालय (डीआरआई) के अधिकारियों ने उन्हें कई बार थप्पड़ मारे, खाना नहीं दिया और खाली दस्तावेजों पर हस्ताक्षर करने के लिए मजबूर किया. डीआरआई के अतिरिक्त महानिदेशक को लिखी चिट्ठी में रान्या ने खुद को…
NEW DELHI: The Economic Offences Court on Friday rejected the bail application of Kannada actress Ranya Rao in connection with a gold smuggling case. Rao, who was arrested last month, remains in judicial custody as investigations continue into her alleged involvement in the racket.Meanwhile, Tarun Konduru, the second accused in the case, has also filed…