The Latest Breaking News from NIA

Drug trafficking via freight containers a major challenge

Enforcement agencies trying to curb the emerging trend of criminal syndicates using this mode for contraband smuggling

The Hindu · Apr 1, 2022

HC clarifies law on provision to file appeals under NIA Act

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The Hindu · Mar 30, 2022

Mundra port heroin haul case: Four accused remanded in NIA custody till April 4

AHMEDABAD: A special court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday remanded in the custody of National Investigation Agency till April 4 four people held in connection with the September 2021 rpt 2021 seizure of 2,988 kilograms of heroin from Mundra port in Gujarat's Kutch district.

The Times of India · Mar 29, 2022

Chhattisgarh: Rights activist Soni Sori acquitted in sedition case

RAIPUR: A special NIA court in Chhattisgarh has acquitted tribal activist Soni Sori, her nephew Lingaram Kodopi and some others in a sedition case filed against them in 2011. They were accused of working as funds conduits between a private firm and Maoists, but police couldn’t prove any of the…

The Times of India · Mar 16, 2022

BOI invites you to join "BCG Startup Investment Day"

The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), in collaboration with the National Innovation Agency (NIA), cordially invites you to "BCG Startup Investment Day" online/on-ground hybrid event on March 24, 2022, under the eponymous concept “Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economy.”

Bangkok Post · Mar 15, 2022

NIA chargesheets 16 in 3,000-kg heroin seizure case in Mundra port

The drugs were smuggled in on pretext of consignment of semi-processed talc imported from Kandahar-based firm

The Hindu · Mar 14, 2022

Four terror suspects arrested in Bhopal

At least four suspected members of a terror outfit, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), have been arrested by Madhya Pradesh’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Bhopal. Some more persons are being questioned. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to take over the further probe.

The Hindu · Mar 13, 2022

NIA charges two alleged Islamic State operatives

They recruited youth for the outfit

The Hindu · Mar 12, 2022

NIA busts human trafficking network, 6 arrested

National Investigation Agency officials have busted an inter-State human trafficking racket and arrested six people for allegedly helping Rohingyas, a community of Muslims in Myanmar who are facing persecution, cross the border into India from Assam, and other States. Simultaneous search operations were carried out in Assam, Meghalaya and Karnataka.

The Hindu · Mar 12, 2022

NIA arrests six over trafficking of Rohingya Muslims

Syndicate supplied forged documents to people to evade detection in India

The Hindu · Mar 12, 2022