The ITBP made its biggest haul while its patrol party was combing near the LAC considering the rise in smuggling activities in summers. The ITBP had also received a tip-off regarding gold smuggling in Sriraple, just 1 km from LAC.
Police arrested four individuals for smuggling gold worth Rs 65 lakh by spraying it on trolley bags to evade security checks at Surat International Airport.
Two women passengers of foreign nationality were arrested by the customs along with the gold. The gold was found concealed in the bags and undergarments of both the passengers.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) acting on specific intelligence seized over 6 kg gold from Chennai airport and arrested five individuals involved in smuggling the gold into India.
Mumbai Custom Zone III issued a press release about the seizures in last four days. The seized items include gold dust, jewellery, bars, expensive mobile phones, foreign currencies, laptops and cosmetics.
Kochi news: "Four cylindrical-shaped capsules, containing gold in compound form, weighing 1091 gms, found concealed in the passenger's rectum were seized," officials said, adding that the seized gold was valued at Rs 48 lakhs.
Uttar Pradesh: The accused tried to breach the security check-up as they carried the Gold inside their underwear.
The thrilling underwater operation was jointly carried out by Indian Coast Guard personnel and officials of other departments. They recovered a huge amount of gold dumped in the sea.
The incident came to light during the course of an investigation related to various cases of smuggling of gold through the airport and Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai.
Customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport said Dubai is normally the preferred destination for smugglers to bring in gold.
The Assistant Commissioner of Customs Department BB Atal said the passenger revealed during interrogation that the gold kept in the aircraft was to be collected by an airline staff but he doesn't know the staffer's name.
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UPATS) has arrested two Rohingyas, identified as Mohamed Rafique and Mohammed Amin, from the Makdoomnagar area under the Kotwali police station of Aligarh.
Over 30 kg of gold was seized by the customs department at Trivandrum International Airport, Kerala on Sunday. Customs personnel intercepted the gold in a "diplomatic-baggage" by air cargo at the IGI airport. Officials suspect a smuggling syndicate misusing the name of a person who enjoys diplomatic immunity.
Gold worth nearly Rs 10 lakh has been seized from a plane passenger who had arrived by an Air India express at the international airport in Mangaluru, sources in the Customs said.
Meng and Chengzhi were seized by CISF personnel nine pieces of gold, weighing about 1884 grams of market value Rs 75 lakh, from two Chinese passengers at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here.
Custom officers at IGI airport caught an Afghan national with Rs 45 lakh worth of gold. The man who arrived at Terminal-3 of IGI airport New Delhi on October 4, 2019 via flight RQ 915 had concealed 2 cut piece gold bars inside the soul of his sandals.
Tightening the noose around smugglers, Customs sleuths in two international airports in Kerala have seized gold and mobile phones worth lakhs of rupees from passengers arriving from abroad.
The Hyderabad police on Wednesday claimed to have unearthed an international gold smuggling racket with the seizure of about 6.46 kg gold from the possession of 14 passengers at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here.
Two passengers were arrested at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad and about 462 gm gold worth about Rs 13.72 lakh seized from them when they were allegedly trying to smuggle it, a Customs officer said today.
Visakhapatnam: The seizure of 63 kg gold at Visakhapatnam international airport has revealed a new strategy adopted by smuggling gangs to conceal the yellow metal in consumer electronic goods and landing at less frequented airports.The
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