The customs officials claimed to have seized foreign brands of smuggled cigarettes worth Rs 303 million last week during an anti-smuggling campaign launched in all four provinces.
India has reduced customs duty on imports of refined soyabean oil and refined sunflower oil to 12.5 per cent from 17.5 per cent, according to an official notification.
This is the Wihu Kuh Festival, a lesser-known tribal celebration of the Tangsa tribe, a community rooted deeply in their agricultural traditions. This vibrant festival, with its symphony of music, dance, and flavours, offers an enchanting glimpse into the timeless customs of this indigeno
During an extensive meeting organised by Dubai Customs with an economic and diplomatic delegation from Turkiye, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, the Director General of Dubai Customs and the CEO of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, confirmed that the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreemen
Two youths were arrested with gold worth Rs 1.07 crores hidden in their underwear at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, said customs officials on Wednesday.
The pax was on Air-India express, flight number IX-474. Four capsules of gold in compund form were concelaed inside his body. The passenger, identified as Asraf, is a native of Kozhikode. The gold has been seized from his possession. Investigation is going on.
The event was attended by Mohammed Al Ghaffari, Executive Director of Human Resources, Finance and Administration Division at Dubai Customs, Boris Zenamensky, Deputy Regional Representative for the UNODC, and several executive directors and department managers.
"The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Kochi, seized 2207.24 gms of foreign-origin gold jewelry worth Rs 1,21,83,965 from 4 passengers who had arrived from Malaysia at Kochi Airport," the official statement said.
Officers of Customs Preventive, Ramanathapuram seized four gold bars weighing 2.5 kg valued at Rs. 1.45 crore, smuggled from Sri Lanka using a fishing boat in the south sea of Nochiurani on Wednesday.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department seized gold worth Rs 28 lakh from a passenger coming from Dubai at Tiruchirappalli International Airport.
The Air Cargo (Exports) Customs, Delhi, on Tuesday destroyed 69.876 kg drugs covered under Schedule to the NDPS Act, 1985, at the Centralised Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility operated by SMS Watergrace BMW Pvt. Ltd., said the Ministry of Finance.