Bhubaneswar, May 5 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1746424784.webp

In a major crackdown on illegal maritime activities, Paradip Marine Police have busted a covert operation involving the unauthorised supply of goods to foreign ships anchored offshore.

According to reports, smugglers were operating under the radar of customs authorities and were involved in illegally transporting various materials, raking in crores in untaxed earnings.

The illegal supplies were reportedly being routed from the Nehru Bungalow Fishing Harbour in Paradip to foreign vessels anchored in the deep sea.

Goods, including large quantities of industrial pipes and motors, were being secretly loaded onto fishing boats and de...