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  Actor Ranya Rao, daughter of IPS officer, caught with 14.8 kg gold at Bangalore Airport, arrested

  Karnataka | March 04, 2025 23:51 IST

  She was arrested on Monday night, after which she was presented before an economic offences court, which remanded her to 14 days in judicial custody

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  Biggest haul ever: ITBP seizes 108-kg smuggled gold near LAC in Ladakh

  India | July 10, 2024 16:51 IST

  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.

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  Four arrested for smuggling gold worth Rs 65 lakh sprayed on trolley bags in Surat

  Gujarat | July 08, 2024 23:38 IST

  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.

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  Gold worth Rs 19 Crore seized at Mumbai airport, two foreign nationals arrested

  Maharashtra | June 10, 2024 15:51 IST

  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.

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  Custom officials seize gold worth Rs 3.91 crores, arrest 5 persons at Chennai airport

  June 07, 2024 23:30 IST

  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.

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  Custom officials seize gold, electronics worth Rs 8.68 crore at Mumbai airport, three arrested

  Maharashtra | May 27, 2024 19:36 IST

  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.

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  Kochi: Customs seize foreign origin gold worth Rs 1 crore at Cochin International Airport

  India | September 21, 2023 8:04 IST

  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.

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  Uttar Pradesh: Gold worth Rs 1.07 crore seized at Lucknow airport; 2 arrested

  Uttar Pradesh | June 14, 2023 11:53 IST

  Uttar Pradesh: The accused tried to breach the security check-up as they carried the Gold inside their underwear.

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  How Indian Coast Guard carried out special underwater operation to seize 32.689 kgs Gold | WATCH

  June 01, 2023 22:44 IST

  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.

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  DRI foils attempts of gold smuggling; seizes 36 kg gold worth Rs 21 crore in Mumbai

  January 24, 2023 18:03 IST

  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.

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  Delhi Customs seizes gold worth Rs 7.5 crore from two Kenyan citizens

  India | March 28, 2022 23:13 IST

  Customs officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport said Dubai is normally the preferred destination for smugglers to bring in gold.

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  Gold worth Rs 75 lakh hidden under Air India flight seat seized at Jaipur airport

  India | November 16, 2021 19:05 IST

  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.

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  UP ATS arrests two Rohingyas in Aligarh with 600 gram gold biscuits

  India | June 18, 2021 10:52 IST

  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.

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  30 kg gold hidden in diplomatic baggage seized at Trivandrum International Airport

  India | July 06, 2020 8:28 IST

  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.

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  Gold worth nearly Rs 10 lakh seized from Keralite at Mangaluru airport

  Crime | February 13, 2020 19:03 IST

  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.

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  Two Chinese men caught with gold at Kolkata airport

  India | December 30, 2019 10:36 IST

  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.

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  Video: Afghan national caught at IGI airport with gold worth ₹ 45 lakh

  India | October 06, 2019 10:28 IST

  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.

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  Gold, mobile phones worth lakhs seized at 2 international airports in Kerala

  India | July 14, 2019 11:43 IST

  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.

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  6.46 kg gold seized from 14 passengers at Hyderabad airport

  India | July 03, 2019 22:51 IST

  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.

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  Hyderabad: Two held at airport on smuggling charges, gold worth 13.72 lakh seized

  India | March 07, 2017 14:16 IST

  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.