In a pan-India operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a syndicate involved in the smuggling of foreign-origin gold through land route and train routes and seized a huge quantity of smuggled gold weighing around 31.7 Kg valued at around Rs 19 crores in a meticulously
An Assistant commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was suspended for allegedly facilitating gold smuggling at Karipur Airport in Kerala, an official statement issued by CISF said.
Hyderabad Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport seized 454 grammes of gold valued at Rs 26.64 lakhs in two separate cases, an official said on Sunday.
Border Security Forces apprehended a smuggler with six gold biscuits weighing 699.920 grams while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India. The estimated value of the seized gold biscuits is Rs 39,89,544.
Customs officers of the Cochin International Airport intercepted a woman passenger on Tuesday and seized gold that was found stitched inside the innerwear slip worn by her, said officers.
The Customs department at the Nagpur International Airport on Friday seized gold worth Rs 2.10 crore concealed in a coffee maker, said custom officials.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department in Kochi seized gold hidden in paste form between two layers of undergarments from a passenger identified as Sakeer, who travelling from Sharjah, UAE.
According to an official press release by the NIA, "The accused identified as Ratheesh, a resident of Kerala's Kannur district had been absconding in the Trivandrum gold smuggling case in which 30 kg of the contraband was seized in 2020."
"Based on concrete information, the troops caught a smuggler with 50 gold biscuits and 16 gold bars. The weight of the seized gold is 23 kg and its estimated value is Rs 14 crore. The smuggler was trying to bring this gold from Bangladesh to India," read an official press release.