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  • Watch: Passenger caught smuggling seven rare jewel-studded luxury wristwatches worth Rs 28 crore

    Watch: Passenger caught smuggling seven rare jewel-studded luxury wristwatches worth Rs 28 crore

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 07, 2022 · 01:43 pm
  • Watch: Passenger tries to smuggle out foreign currency in buttons, gets caught at Delhi airport

    Watch: Passenger tries to smuggle out foreign currency in buttons, gets caught at Delhi airport

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 31, 2022 · 03:26 pm
  • International pet trade is driving the disappearance of one of India’s most beautiful tortoises

    International pet trade is driving the disappearance of one of India’s most beautiful tortoises

    Rebecca L Root
    · Feb 16, 2022 · 07:30 pm
  • Kerala gold smuggling case: NIA court rejects bail plea of key accused Swapna Suresh

    Kerala gold smuggling case: NIA court rejects bail plea of key accused Swapna Suresh

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 10, 2020 · 05:38 pm
  • Watch: Foreign currency was being smuggled inside peanuts and cooked meat from Delhi airport

    Watch: Foreign currency was being smuggled inside peanuts and cooked meat from Delhi airport

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 13, 2020 · 08:36 am
  • Catch me if you can: The American smuggler who left Indian police red-faced twice in the 1960s

    Catch me if you can: The American smuggler who left Indian police red-faced twice in the 1960s

    Abeer Kapoor
    · Jun 14, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • Watch: A venomous pit viper and several reptiles were seized from a passenger at Chennai airport

    Watch: A venomous pit viper and several reptiles were seized from a passenger at Chennai airport

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 27, 2019 · 10:00 am
  • Tamil Nadu: Police seize antique items worth over Rs 100 crore from businessman’s house

    Tamil Nadu: Police seize antique items worth over Rs 100 crore from businessman’s house

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 27, 2018 · 05:55 pm
  • The rescue of 6,430 rare turtles in UP shows wildlife crime in India continues unchecked

    The rescue of 6,430 rare turtles in UP shows wildlife crime in India continues unchecked

    Abhishek Dey
    · Jan 19, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • Why governments are unlikely to succeed in tackling human smuggling for years to come

    Why governments are unlikely to succeed in tackling human smuggling for years to come

    Joseph Chamie
    · Dec 29, 2016 · 09:30 pm
  • Highway robbery: Assam Rifles and back-stabbing gold smugglers on Myanmar-Mizoram border

    Highway robbery: Assam Rifles and back-stabbing gold smugglers on Myanmar-Mizoram border

    Adam Halliday
    · May 07, 2016 · 12:30 pm