LeT hawala racket busted in KashmirOctober 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A money laundering (hawala) racket run to fund the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) seperatist group was busted in Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said Thursday. On a tip-off, police arrested a trader from the uptown Hyderpora locality of Srinagar a few days back, the official said.
Illegal money transfer racket busted in Uttar Pradesh, one arrestedSeptember 8th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Lucknow police Tuesday arrested a man involved in an illegal money transfer racket and recovered Rs.5.33 lakh from his possession, officials said. The accused, Mirza Ajmal Begh, was arrested from the Thakurganj locality in the afternoon while he was going to hand over the money to a person.
Fake ghee factory busted in Uttar PradeshSeptember 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The crime branch of the Lucknow police Monday busted a fake ghee manufacturing unit in posh Gomtinagar locality and arrested two people, including the owner of the factory, officials said. "We raided the Amrita Dairy Private Limited and recovered over 50 quintals of manufactured fake and adulterated ghee," Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Rajesh Singh told reporters.
Doctor, gang leader held for Lucknow blood racketSeptember 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five people, among them a doctor and the leader of the gang involved in a large-scale racket in sale of adulterated blood, were arrested here Thursday, the Uttar Pradesh police said. Those arrested were identified as gang leader Alok Dwivedi, U.B.Singh, a doctor at the state government's Balrampur Hospital, and Izhar, Pushpendra and Raman.
Fake currency seized in Punjab, four heldAugust 4th, 2009 NAWANSHAHR - Punjab police busted a fake currency racket here and arrested four people including a resident of Nepal. Counterfeit Indian currency notes with a face value of rupees 565,000 were recovered from the men arrested in Nawanshahr city.
Fake currency racket busted in PunjabAugust 3rd, 2009 NAWANSHAHR - Punjab Police claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of smugglers of fake currency with international links with the arrest of four people, including a Nepali here Monday. Counterfeit currency notes with the face value of Rs.565,000 have been recovered from their possession.
4 girls held in Chhattisgarh for running sex racketJuly 31st, 2009 RAIPUR - Eight people, including four girls, were arrested here Friday for their alleged involvement in a sex racket, police said. Acting on a tip off, a police team led by Additional Superintendent of Police, Shashimohan Singh, raided a house in Raipur's posh Devendra Nagar, and arrested eight people, including four girls, on charges of operating a sex racket.
Policemen from Punjab nab a 'Munnabhai' in VaranasiJuly 25th, 2009 VARANASI - A year after policemen from Punjab busted a 'Munnabhai' racket in the state Pre-Medical Test (PMT), a police team from Faridkot arrested an MBBS student of the Benaras Hindu University (BHU) medical college here for impersonating a candidate at the 2008 Punjab PMT examination. Manikant, a VII semester student at the BHU medical college, was nabbed by the Punjab police Friday on the basis of leads given by Delhi-based Sanjiv Kumar, who was stated to be the kingpin of the racket.
Sex racket busted in ChandigarhJuly 18th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Five women and a man were arrested here for allegedly running a sex racket targeting high end customers, police said Saturday. "We had got a tip-off about this racket.
Four Nigerians arrested with drugs in PunjabJuly 4th, 2009 MOHALI - Punjab police Saturday claimed to have busted an international drug trafficking racket with the arrest of four Nigerian youths here. According to district police chief Jatinder Singh Aulakh, the four - Alexandar, Paul, Alex, Okaio Sabio - were arrested in Sector 70 with 500 grams of heroin worth Rs.50 lakh (Rs.5 million) in the international market.
Prostitution racket busted in Bhopal, 15 people arrestedJune 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - An inter-state prostitution racket was busted in the Madhya Pradesh capital with the arrest of 15 people, including six girls, in the past two days, police here said Saturday. "We have arrested 15 people, including six girls, in the last two days," T.T.
3 bringing hashish from Nepal arrestedJune 12th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three men, involved in bringing contraband drugs from Nepal and supplying them in various parts of India were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district with hashish worth Rs.25 crore, police said Friday. "The three, who were nabbed late Thursday, said they were to hand over the consignment to their clients in Haryana and Bihar," district police chief R.K.
Two Nepali women arrested with drugs in Uttar PradeshJune 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two women from Nepal were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district with about 25 kg of opium worth Rs.5 million, police said Wednesday. The women were nabbed Tuesday evening.
Prostitution racket busted, women rescuedJune 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Uttar Pradesh police Friday said they had busted a prostitution racket, arresting four men and rescuing four women from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. "Acting on a tip-off, we raided a hideout in the Radhagli area of Firozobad district Thursday night and nabbed the four men," police inspector Krishna Kumar told IANS on phone.
Drug haul worth Rs.500 mn near Punjab townDecember 25th, 2008 PHAGWARA - Two people, including a woman, were arrested Friday for carrying 50 kg heroin worth Rs.500 million here, police said. The drug, packed in two bags of 25 kg each, was recovered from Harpal Singh and his sister Lakhwinder Kaur, Jalandhar Deputy Inspector General of Police Narinder Pal Singh said.
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