international theft syndicate

In a groundbreaking crackdown, the Muzaffarpur police have successfully dismantled an elaborate international cybercrime syndicate involved in the theft and trafficking of sensitive personal information of Indian citizens.

A Chinese national, Benlai Pan, was arrested in New Delhi for orchestrating in-flight thefts on long transit flights. He targeted sleeping passengers, stealing cash, electronics, and credit cards. Three other Chinese nationals are being questioned, with authorities investigating their involvement in a larger international syndicate. The group exploited high-traffic routes, using stolen cards before discarding them to avoid detection.

In a major haul, cannabis (ganja) worth over Rs1 crores was recovered from a four-wheeler in Zarib Chowki on Friday night.The two occupants of the vehicle fled on seeing the police.

Delhi Police’s Special Cell has busted a Dubai-based syndicate pumping fake Indian currency notes (FICN) into the country and arrested two traffickers with currency having a face value of Rs 4 lakh. The arrested men have been identified as Mohammad Jakir from Kardampuri in Delhi and Kamre Alam from Sambhal, UP.

Arpita Majumdar, a cost accountant in her mid-40s working in an infrastructure firm, is wary of using a credit card or other electronic payment systems. Blame it on the rising cases of theft and the ordeal of getting a police complaint registered to probe the theft.

The recovery of an "ashtdhatu" idol of Lord Buddha, after a courier was by chance intercepted near a railway level crossing in Kishanganj on Sunday, has taken the lid off a flourishing racket in the pilferage of idols and antiques in this part of the state.

Delhi Police has apprehended three individuals and seized 112 high-end mobile phones in connection with an international mobile theft syndicate. The recovered phones are valued at over Rs 25 lakh. The accused were involved in various forms of theft, including mobile phone theft, and were part of a criminal network that sent the stolen phones to Bangladesh through West Bengal. Investigations revealed that the syndicate had dispatched around 160 parcels containing stolen phones worth roughly Rs 4.5 crore since 2022.

KOLKATA: The state government has handed over the investigation into the missing Buddha bust to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The Tata Sumo that was hijacked on Sunday on E M Bypass shows a trend that, till recently, was more prevalent in cities like Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai. But now, even Kolkata is waking up to the “urban crime.”

Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) officials on Friday foiled an attempt to smuggle six idols made of 'ashtadhatu' into Nepal when they arrested two smugglers near Birpur Chowk under Forbesganj police station under the same sub-division in Araria district.

Gangs of thieves, possibly in collusion with cartels of international art smugglers, made away with no fewer than 1,200 ancient idols from temples in the state in a 25-year period between 1992 and 2017.

Delhi Police busted a large-scale smuggling ring siphoning aviation turbine fuel (ATF) from HPCL Asoda Depot, leading to six arrests. The syndicate stole approximately 5,000 litres of ATF daily for three years, causing a loss of Rs 1.62 crore per theft.

Following a slew of complaints from the Telugu Film industry, the state's Information Technology (IT) department has unearthed a thick network of 'international pirates' operating out of countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, France, Australia and even the US.