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.
Man held for illegally trading turtlesSeptember 4th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A shopkeeper has been arrested here for illegally keeping rare species of turtles and selling them, police said Friday. Monu Kumar, owner of a meat shop in Sector 37 here, was arrested late Thursday evening and 15 turtles of three rare species and eight shells were recovered from his possession.
Six held for blood tradingAugust 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Police Saturday claimed to have busted a blood trading racket with the arrest of six men here. The six were arrested from a hideout in the Thakhurganj locality, police said.
Drug racket busted in Punjab, four arrestedAugust 14th, 2009 NAWANSHAHR - Punjab Police claimed to have busted a drug racket with the arrest of three Punjab residents and a non-resident Indian (NRI) here Friday. Police also seized 1.8 kg of heroin from their possession.
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.
Chandigarh police bust fake currency racket, arrest a widowAugust 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Chandigarh city police Sunday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of fake currency smugglers, allegedly linked to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Police arrested a widow from Punjab's Amritsar town early Sunday and seized fake currency notes with the total face value of Rs.480,000 from her 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.
Five Chandigarh youths arrested in Uttar PradeshJuly 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five youths from Chandigarh involved with an inter-state auto lifting racket were arrested after a brief shootout in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, police said Friday. "The five, who are in the 18-20 age group, were arrested Thursday night from a hideout in the Saklapuri town in Saharanpur," police inspector Hukum Singh told IANS over the telephone.
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.
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.
Auto lifters' gang busted in GhaziabadJune 2nd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - The Ghaziabad police Tuesday said they have busted a major auto lifting racket in this Uttar Pradesh district after arresting three members of the gang who were active in Delhi and the national capital region and were involved in stealing over 100 vehicles. Ten motor cycles and three scooters were recovered from them.
Inter-state gang of snatchers busted in ChandigarhJanuary 19th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Police Tuesday claimed they had busted an inter-state gang of thieves, active in the union territory of Chandigarh and in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. 'We arrested Sudhir Kumar (26) and Mohammad Mustafa (22) Monday night after a chase as they were speeding away in a white Maruti car after committing two snatching incidents in the region,' J.S.
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