Gold smugglers using multiple air carriers with smaller quantities to minimise losses
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Gold smugglers using multiple air carriers with smaller quantities to minimise losses

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Seizures of smuggled gold from air passengers by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the last two years have shown a particular trend – smugglers using multiple carriers to transport smaller quantities, instead of large quantities, to evade detection. Routes and forms “Gold in bar and solid form remains a prevalent method of smuggling into India and smuggling syndicates continue to employ innovative concealment techniques to evade detection,” a DRI source said. Smuggling networks frequently resort to using flight passengers to conceal gold in innovative ways, including hiding it in their clothing, luggage, or even within their bodies, to evade detection at the airports, the sources said. Gold smugglers using multiple air carriers with smaller quantities to minimise losses Abhishek Sharan htmumbai@hindustantimes.com MUMBAI: Seizures of smuggled gold from air passengers by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the last two years have shown a particular trend – smugglers using multiple carriers to transport smaller quantities, instead of large quantities, to evade detection.

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From gold bars strapped to thighs to diapers: How smugglers like Ranya Rao operate
3 weeks, 3 days ago

From gold bars strapped to thighs to diapers: How smugglers like Ranya Rao operate

Firstpost  

Kannada actor Ranya Rao’s smuggling case has put the spotlight on how gold is snuck into the country. The 33-year-old has been arrested in one of the largest gold seizures at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport in recent years, after allegedly smuggling 14.8 kg of the precious metal from Dubai attached to her body. According to DRI officials, the most number …

From gold bars strapped to thighs to diapers: How smugglers like Ranya Rao operate
3 weeks, 3 days ago

From gold bars strapped to thighs to diapers: How smugglers like Ranya Rao operate

Firstpost  

Kannada actor Ranya Rao’s smuggling case has put the spotlight on how gold is snuck into the country. Before her, smugglers turned gold into a paste, hid it in baby diapers, and shoved capsules into their rectum Kannada actor Ranya Rao made headlines when she was arrested for smuggling gold at Bengaluru's Kempegowda Airport. The 33-year-old has been arrested in …

Significant reduction in gold smuggling post July import duty cut: CBIC Chief
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Significant reduction in gold smuggling post July import duty cut: CBIC Chief

The Hindu  

Gold smuggling has reduced significantly since July 2024 when the government slashed import duty on the precious metal to 6%, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal said. As per the latest available data, Customs and DRI officers seized 847 kg of gold worth ₹544 crore at various airports in the April-June period of the current …

Mumbai Airport staff among 4 arrested for smuggling gold worth ₹4.84 crore
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mumbai Airport staff among 4 arrested for smuggling gold worth ₹4.84 crore

Live Mint  

Mumbai, Jan 3 - The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Friday arrested four persons, including two airport staffers employed at a duty-free shop, for allegedly smuggling six kilograms of gold worth ₹4.84 crore at the international airport here, officials said. The two staffers of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport were involved in smuggling gold by retrieving it from the …

Gold Smugglers Caught On Flight After Shifty Behaviour Gives Away Their Plan
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gold Smugglers Caught On Flight After Shifty Behaviour Gives Away Their Plan

ABP News  

Three individuals were caught smuggling gold after they raised suspicion among the air staff after they refused three meal services. While travelling on Indigo Airlines flight 6E-1802 from Uzbekistan’s Almaty to Delhi the air staff noticed that the individuals refused all three of their meal services, and sat completely still throughout the three-and-a-half-hour flight. Meanwhile, a passenger travelling domestically from …

Rise in smuggling of gold, cocaine: DRI report
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rise in smuggling of gold, cocaine: DRI report

Hindustan Times  

India has seen a marked increase in smuggling of cocaine and gold, with borders in the country’s North-East becoming an area of concern and traffickers employing new techniques. On gold smuggling, the DRI report stated that “India has become a major destination for illicit gold imports, with gold and silver predominantly originating from West Asia, including the UAE and Saudi …

DRI seizes smuggled gold, in paste form, worth ₹2.67 crore
4 months, 2 weeks ago

DRI seizes smuggled gold, in paste form, worth ₹2.67 crore

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: 3.35kg of gold worth ₹2.67 crore was seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence while it was allegedly smuggled from the United Arab Emirates, in an operation conducted in Mumbai airport. DRI seizes smuggled gold, in paste form, worth ₹ 2.67 crore A customer service executive at the airport and a member of a private ground-handling staff were arrested …

Custom department warns about new syndicates
6 months, 1 week ago

Custom department warns about new syndicates

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: New Delhi headquarters has warned of a new modus operandi by gold smugglers, particularly in airports such as Chennai, Tiruchy, Cochin, and Trivandrum, sources said. Sources said that this was a tactical move by organised gold smuggling syndicates to take advantage of the difficulty faced by agencies like Customs in passenger facilitation and enforcement activities. It would be a …

Customs foils smuggling bid at Chennai airport, seizes gold worth Rs 7.6 crore, arrests 10
9 months ago

Customs foils smuggling bid at Chennai airport, seizes gold worth Rs 7.6 crore, arrests 10

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: In a major operation spanning over 24 hours, customs officials at the Chennai international airport busted a coordinated smuggling racket and seized 12.1 kg gold worth Rs 7.58 crore from 10 passengers who had arrived on three separate flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi. While 10 gold chains weighing 4.65 kg and worth Rs 2.9 crore were found concealed …

Gold rush: Ground staff join transit passengers in gaming the system
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gold rush: Ground staff join transit passengers in gaming the system

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Gold smuggling rackets involving a nexus between passengers transiting through Chennai, especially those who are Singapore or Colombo-bound, and the city airport’s staff have been identified by Customs officials as a ‘menace impacting the economic security of India.’ According to sources, the agency has sought the support of Airports Authority of India and all airlines to help curb this …

DRI officials unearth international gold smuggling racket, seize over 9 kg gold worth ₹6.29 crore
9 months, 3 weeks ago

DRI officials unearth international gold smuggling racket, seize over 9 kg gold worth ₹6.29 crore

The Hindu  

Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Tuesday unearthed an international gold smuggling racket and seized over 9 kilograms of gold worth ₹6.2 crore in two different incidents within three hours. Based on specific intelligence that a syndicate would conceal gold inside the aircraft during its international leg for further retrieval, the officers of DRI Bengaluru rummaged through the …

Six-fold surge in gold seizures in UP points to hawala link: Officials
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Six-fold surge in gold seizures in UP points to hawala link: Officials

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Even as customs authorities are trying to dig deep into those who aided the escape of 29 passengers detained at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport for allegedly smuggling gold on April 3, a staggering six-fold increase in gold seizures in UP during 2023-2024 compared to the previous year is linked to the yellow metal’s use as hawala settlement, said …

Central sleuths on alert as smuggling attempts rise at Lucknow airport
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Central sleuths on alert as smuggling attempts rise at Lucknow airport

Hindustan Times  

Central investigative agencies have gone on high alert after the recent incidents of attempted gold and cigarette smuggling at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. Giving credence to the suspicions is the fact that many smugglers hailing from one village of Uttar Pradesh have been caught at approximately 15 airports across the country within a short span of time. Sources within …

Gold worth over ₹66 lakh seized at Lucknow airport
1 year ago

Gold worth over ₹66 lakh seized at Lucknow airport

Hindustan Times  

The Customs Department seized gold worth ₹66.93 lakh from a passenger on a flight arriving from Bangkok at Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport in Lucknow on Sunday. An official of Lucknow airport on condition of anonymity said, “The surge in gold smuggling at Lucknow Airport is accompanied by a parallel increase in the smuggling of cigarettes. From concealing gold within the …

Mumbai: 4 kgs smuggled gold worth Rs 2.58 crore seized at airport, 4 arrested
1 year, 2 months ago

Mumbai: 4 kgs smuggled gold worth Rs 2.58 crore seized at airport, 4 arrested

India TV News  

Based on the specific intelligence received, the officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, intercepted two passengers who arrived at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai from Jeddah on Tuesday. The passengers were searched and 1 kg gold dust in wax form, which was specially stitched in the innerwear of both passengers, was seized from each of …

DRI busts foreign-origin gold smuggling syndicate, arrest 6 persons
1 year, 6 months ago

DRI busts foreign-origin gold smuggling syndicate, arrest 6 persons

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Around 7.4 kg of foreign-origin gold worth ₹4.51 crore was seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence ’s Mumbai unit at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai on Saturday. HT Image The DRI busted a syndicate allegedly involved in smuggling gold dust-in-wax and arrested six persons under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962, including two alleged carriers, a …

Smuggled gold worth ₹8 crore seized in Vijayawada
1 year, 10 months ago

Smuggled gold worth ₹8 crore seized in Vijayawada

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Customs here has made a huge seizure of smuggled gold worth ₹8 crores in an early morning operation. Commissioner of the customs commissionerate K. Engineer said the carriers of smuggled gold were split into teams and travelling in a car and in private buses from Chennai to Vijayawada. “Four persons carrying gold with them were arrested under provisions …

DRI seizes 24.4 kg of gold smuggled from Bangladesh in ‘Operation Eastern Gateway’
2 years, 1 month ago

DRI seizes 24.4 kg of gold smuggled from Bangladesh in ‘Operation Eastern Gateway’

Live Mint  

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Monday said that its personnel have arrested eight persons for smuggling gold through the Bangladesh border, and seized 24.4 kg gold worth ₹14 crore. The DRI said that the team at Siliguri apprehended four persons, while they were travelling in a train from Badarpur Junction in Assam to Sealdah, at Dalkhola Railway Station in …

Gold smuggling seems to have its own cycle, says Sitharaman
2 years, 3 months ago

Gold smuggling seems to have its own cycle, says Sitharaman

Hindustan Times  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said smuggling of gold “seems to have its own cycle” irrespective of high or low customs duty while releasing the latest report on smuggling that showed Myanmar becoming the main transit corridor and China as the origin country for gold smuggling. Can we do lot more data-based, artificial intelligence-based, better mapping of… cycle …

DRI seized 833 kg smuggled gold worth ₹405 cr in FY22: Report
2 years, 3 months ago

DRI seized 833 kg smuggled gold worth ₹405 cr in FY22: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 833.07 kg of smuggled gold worth ₹405.35 crore in 2021-22, the agency said in its annual report. In 2019-20, the largest originating country/region of smuggled gold was the Middle East,” the report, Smuggling in India Report 2021-22, said. The report released by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on DRI’s 65th Foundation Day showed …

Catching small fry not enough to inspire public confidence in war against drugs: Sitharaman to DRI officers
2 years, 3 months ago

Catching small fry not enough to inspire public confidence in war against drugs: Sitharaman to DRI officers

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on December 5 urged investigative agencies like the Department of Revenue Intelligence to capture the masterminds behind the proliferating smuggling of drugs like cocaine into the country, stressing that just nabbing mules and peddlers is not enough to engender public confidence in actions against the drug menace. While some detection may be due to ‘actionable intelligence’ …

Gold smuggling in one decade: Kerala ranks third in country
2 years, 8 months ago

Gold smuggling in one decade: Kerala ranks third in country

The Hindu  

Though Kerala has the dubious distinction of being a ‘smugglers’ paradise’ with four international airports in a small geographical area and a large overseas diaspora, the data available with the Centre reveals that the State ranks only third with regard to gold smuggling cases registered in the country in the last 10 years. As per the data available with the …

Gold smuggling from Gulf continues unabated
2 years, 9 months ago

Gold smuggling from Gulf continues unabated

The Hindu  

Smuggling of gold from Arabian Gulf countries, especially the United Arab Emirates, into the State continues unabated despite an increased vigil by the law enforcement agencies. If some of the links involved in smuggling rackets can be trusted, hardly 10% of the gold brought into the State through Kerala’s airports is seized by the Customs and the police. District Police …

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

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

India TV News  

Highlights The Delhi airport customs department on Monday seized gold worth Rs 7.5 crore. The Delhi airport customs department on Monday seized gold worth Rs 7.5 crore at the international airport here from two Kenyan men, officials said. In one of the biggest seizures in the recent past, the accused were intercepted after they arrived from Nairobi via Addis Ababa …

Gold worth Rs 72 lakh seized from three women passengers at Hyderabad airport
3 years, 2 months ago

Gold worth Rs 72 lakh seized from three women passengers at Hyderabad airport

India Today  

In yet another case of gold smuggling, customs officials at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport seized gold weighing 1.48 kgs and valued at Rs 72.80 lakh from three women passengers in separate cases on Tuesday. "On 11.01.22 Hyderabad Customs booked 3 cases for smuggling of gold totalling 1.48 kgs valued at Rs. On 11.01.22 Hyderabad Customs booked 3 cases for …

Air Travel Ban in 2020 Forced Gold Smugglers to Shift Route from Middle East to Myanmar, Says DRI Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Air Travel Ban in 2020 Forced Gold Smugglers to Shift Route from Middle East to Myanmar, Says DRI Report

News 18  

While the world struggled to adapt to the challenges posed by Covid-19, gold smugglers found new routes to the sneak the precious metal in and out of India during the pandemic in 2020. “The blocking of air routes throughout the lockdown period saw a significant shift in the modus operandi of smugglers from the air routes to the land route …

Air travel banned during pandemic, gold smugglers take land route via Myanmar
3 years, 3 months ago

Air travel banned during pandemic, gold smugglers take land route via Myanmar

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic and the long-drawn lockdown and travel restrictions changed the way gold was smuggled into India. If in the pre-pandemic era air routes and the Middle East nations were the sources of smuggled gold into the country, in the post-pandemic period, the majority of smuggled gold came from Myanmar, India’s neighbouring nation in the northeast, and via the …

Trio runs out of luck while stealing gold at airport
3 years, 7 months ago

Trio runs out of luck while stealing gold at airport

The Hindu  

The police have busted a gang which used to hide gold bars in garbage bins removed from aircraft at the airport and deliver them to smugglers waiting outside. Saravanan reportedly told the police that while he was riding his bike at 4 a.m. on August 23, a gang waylaid and robbed him of two-and-a-half sovereigns of gold jewellery, cash and …

Mumbai: Gold worth ₹6.25 cr seized from 2 passengers at Borivali station
4 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai: Gold worth ₹6.25 cr seized from 2 passengers at Borivali station

Live Mint  

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has arrested two passengers at Borivali station for allegedly smuggling gold bars worth ₹6.25 crore, an official said on Tuesday. "Two passengers were checked after they alighted from Golden Temple Special Train on Monday and 12 gold bars weighing 12.02 kilograms were found concealed in a customized jacket worn by them under their shirt. The …

Kerala Gold Smuggling: Hawala network, more shipments over Rs 40 crore under scanner
4 years, 8 months ago

Kerala Gold Smuggling: Hawala network, more shipments over Rs 40 crore under scanner

India Today  

Shipments from 13 flights have come under the scanner of the investigative agencies in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case. Sources said the NIA along with Customs is also looking into a possible hawala network that may have been used for the smuggling of gold. The NIA, which is also probing suspected terror activities in the smuggling network, will …

What makes India a gold smuggling destination?
4 years, 8 months ago

What makes India a gold smuggling destination?

India Today  

The extreme love for gold in India is centuries old. Two thousand years after Pliny, India still sees one-third of all gold movements happening through its borders, says Canada-based group IMPACT in its assessment. The Kerala gold smuggling case has brought the focus on India being a safe haven for illicit trade in the yellow metal. Reforms led to a …

Gold smuggling on the rise as high prices boost appeal in India
5 years, 3 months ago

Gold smuggling on the rise as high prices boost appeal in India

Live Mint  

Surging gold prices in India are keeping customs officials on their toes. “So it will continue like this unless measures are taken by not just the government but also the trade which shares an equal responsibility to obliterate the grey market.” Gold in India touched a record high of 39,885 rupees per 10 grams in early September on higher import …

Two arrested by customs for smuggling Rs 75 lakh worth gold at Delhi airport
5 years, 4 months ago

Two arrested by customs for smuggling Rs 75 lakh worth gold at Delhi airport

India TV News  

Two arrested by customs for smuggling Rs 75 lakh worth gold at Delhi airport Two men have been arrested by customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing Rs 75 lakh at the Delhi airport Two men have been arrested by customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing Rs 75 lakh …

No takers for officially imported gold
5 years, 7 months ago

No takers for officially imported gold

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Gold is available at a discount of $23 - $25 per ounce in the bullion market as there are very few takers for the yellow metal imported through the official channel since the government hiked import duties. However, after the government increased the duty from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent, the demand for the officially imported yellow …

6.46 kg gold seized from 14 passengers at Hyderabad airport
5 years, 8 months ago

6.46 kg gold seized from 14 passengers at Hyderabad airport

India TV News  

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. Police said gold worth about Rs 2.17 crore was seized from the passengers who arrived here from Jeddah by Saudi Airlines flight SV-744 early Wednesday. According …

Smuggling of gold up in 2018
5 years, 9 months ago

Smuggling of gold up in 2018

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Smuggling of gold remained rampant in 2018, with the quantum of yellow metal that sneaked into the country through grey markets increasing by 15 per cent to 154 tonnes. By an estimate of precious metals agency GFMS, 154 tonnes of gold entered the country through unofficial channels in 2018, up from 134 tonnes in 2017. "During our extensive field …

Woman held with gold worth over Rs 23 Lakh at Lucknow airport
5 years, 10 months ago

Woman held with gold worth over Rs 23 Lakh at Lucknow airport

Hindustan Times  

A woman passenger returning from Bangkok was held with 697 gms gold worth Rs 23.42 lakh at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport on Friday morning. She was able to escape the customs checking, but we managed to scan her purse and caught her smuggling the gold into the country,” said Niharika Lakha, deputy commissioner, airport. “We seized around 697 gms …

Gold smuggling from Gulf sees a rise
6 years, 1 month ago

Gold smuggling from Gulf sees a rise

Hindustan Times  

Gold smuggling from Gulf countries has seen a spurt in recent months with the customs department at Lucknow airport seizing the precious metal worth ₹30 lakh from two passengers, who came here from Dubai in the last two days. Assistant commissioner of customs, Lucknow airport, Niharika Lakha said although the smugglers were now using people working in the Gulf to …

Bengaluru: Grocer, brain behind gold smuggling racket
6 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru: Grocer, brain behind gold smuggling racket

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Bengaluru zone recently arrested a grocery store owner, who is the "key co-ordinator" between the investors and hawala operators based in Dubai and the carriers of contraband gold in the city and foiled an attempt to smuggle gold worth crores of rupees. Following the tip off, the Revenue Intelligence sleuths last weekend intercepted the …

Hyderabad: Foreigners smuggling gold is on the rise
6 years, 9 months ago

Hyderabad: Foreigners smuggling gold is on the rise

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After Indian nationals passengers, Customs officials are monitoring international passengers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport following inputs that foreigners were being roped in to smuggle gold into the country. Last month, about 30 nationals of Turkmenistan including 22 women were held at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport while they were attempting to smuggle gold worth Rs 6 …

Customs officers detect fivecases of smuggling of gold
6 years, 10 months ago

Customs officers detect fivecases of smuggling of gold

The Hindu  

The Customs officers at the Chennai International Airport have detected five cases of smuggling of gold and one case of smuggling of foreign currency. On Thursday, two women passengers Jyoti, 44, and Vairambal, 65,of Madurai, who arrived from Kuala Lumpur brought 600 gm jewellery, weighing 1.2 kg and valued at ₹36 lakhs, by wearing it. In another case, Shamirul Hakh, …

GST adds sheen to gold smuggling
7 years, 2 months ago

GST adds sheen to gold smuggling

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Gold smuggling is on the rise at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport with carriers from Dubai, Kuwait, Muscat, Bangkok, Singapore and Colombo flocking Shamshabad to do a brisk business with the local market. The smuggling syndicate is routing the yellow metal from across the globe to the country to sell it in the local market with a profit margin …

Gold smugglers now prefer Europe over Gulf countries: Customs officials
7 years, 4 months ago

Gold smugglers now prefer Europe over Gulf countries: Customs officials

India TV News  

Gold smugglers are now shifting their focus to European nations from traditional Gulf countries, a preferred route for illegal ferrying of the yellow metal, to avoid suspicion of Indian customs authorities. A senior citizen couple — man and woman — were arrested by the customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country 995 grams of gold valued at …

Gold smuggling cases up at Mumbai airport as demonetisation effect wears thin
8 years ago

Gold smuggling cases up at Mumbai airport as demonetisation effect wears thin

Hindustan Times  

The amount of gold seized at the Mumbai airport had plummeted at the end of 2016, owing to demonetisation. We seized 30kg gold in February — the largest haul across the country.We seized 4kg gold in the beginning of March,” said a high-ranking AIU officer. In the past few years, the AIU has found unclaimed gold stuffed in cotton bags …

Smugglers getting innovative to sneak in gold: Mumbai Customs
8 years ago

Smugglers getting innovative to sneak in gold: Mumbai Customs

Hindustan Times  

In January, the Air Intelligence Unit of the Mumbai Customs had to take a tough call on whether to break open a passenger’s car-washer based on only their intuition. Investigations revealed that Dubai-based smugglers lure carriers with the promise of easy money. Smugglers have resorted to hiring carriers to conceal gold in televisions, vacuum cleaners, mixer-grinders, pressure cookers and inner …

Papayas to diapers: How gold smugglers hoodwinked airport authorities in 2016
8 years, 2 months ago

Papayas to diapers: How gold smugglers hoodwinked airport authorities in 2016

Hindustan Times  

In January last year, a middle-aged man with ‘fractured’ feet almost snuck out of the Delhi airport with gold worth over Rs 1 crore. Read | Green channel shifted to crack down on gold smugglers at Delhi airport Gold smugglers have turned innovative as the customs became vigilant to their ingenious tactics in 2016. From gold bars concealed in baby …

Customs dept heightens vigil to curb gold smuggling in festive season
8 years, 5 months ago

Customs dept heightens vigil to curb gold smuggling in festive season

Hindustan Times  

Customs officials have prepared a new checklist to prevent smuggling of gold into the country this festive season. Later, when we were taking them for medical examination, they confessed to concealing gold in their private parts,” said a customs official. From concealing it in the shoe sole and false cavity of bag and even inside the body, to smuggling in …

Diwali crackdown: Gold, iPhones seized at Mumbai airport in two days
8 years, 5 months ago

Diwali crackdown: Gold, iPhones seized at Mumbai airport in two days

Hindustan Times  

Seven smuggling cases were detected at the Mumbai International airport in 48 hours by the Air Intelligence Unit. AIU officials said a passenger, Drastamat Vardanyan, travelling on an Armenian passport, arrived from Dubai carrying a 1,227-g gold chain valued at Rs33.98 lakh, which was seized. WATCH: 7 smuggling attempts busted in two days Another passenger, Kaiser Khan, who arrived from …

Smuggler who escaped customs last week finally caught with gold worth ₹19.37 lakh
8 years, 5 months ago

Smuggler who escaped customs last week finally caught with gold worth ₹19.37 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A man who managed to dodge customs last week wasn’t lucky the second time as he was caught with gold bars that weighed 700 grams in early on Monday. AIU stated that the gold bars were cleverly concealed inside the jeans pocket and the socks worn by the passenger. “A detailed personal search and interrogation of the passenger resulted in …

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