In these cases, the gold was found concealed in clothes worn, on the body of the passenger and on the underside of a baggage trolley, the Customs officials added.
In a significant crackdown on smuggling, Mumbai Airport Customs officials intercepted an Indian national arriving from Dubai and seized a cache of contraband, including gold jewellery, rhodium coins, and iPhones, according to an official statement.
India will be training 50 Maldivian judicial officers and 30 customs officials as part of capacity capacity-building programme between New Delhi and Male.
Customs officials seized 24K rhodium-plated gold collectively weighing 386 grams at Mumbai Airport on Wednesday. Gold was concealed in a purse, mobile charger and hairdryer, said Officials of Mumbai Airport Customs.
On February 6-7, Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs officials seized 6.33 kg gold worth 3.49 crore from Indian nationals across five different cases at Mumbai Airport, said customs officials on Wednesday.
Customs officials seized 1997.96 grams of smuggled gold (12 bars and 5 coins) worth Rs 1.28 crore from one person at Guwahati Railway Station, said customs officials on Monday.
The Guwahati Customs Department apprehended three accused and seized 103 gold biscuits weighing 2.60 kg at the Indo-Bhutan border near Darranga LCS, Assam, Customs officials said on Wednesday.
Hyderabad Customs officials seized heroin worth Rs 41.44 crore at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport from a passenger arriving from Singapora, an official said on Sunday.
Based on passenger profiling, customs officials identified the woman as a potential smuggler and subjected her to thorough checks on Friday, customs officials said .
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in collaboration with customs officials, conducted a joint inspection at the Public Bonded Warehouse and recovered 45 metric tonnes of expired beer, with an estimated value of Rs 1 crore in Dwarka.