Foreign currency worth 10 lakh (USD) valued over Rs 8.36 crore was seized by Mumbai Airport Customs and Central Industrial Security, the officials said on Saturday.
The Air Intelligence Unit of Hyderabad Customs in coordination with the batch officers of Airport Customs, intercepted 23 passengers at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, officials said on Wednesday. Four were arrested and a total quantity of 14.9063 kg of gold was seized.
In a pan-India operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a gold smuggling syndicate of Sudanese nationals operating through the Nepal border, said a press release by the Ministry of Finance.
According to the press note released by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the seized gold was mostly in paste form and it was being brought to Patna through the India-Nepal border and then transported via train or by air to different parts of the country, largely to Mumbai.
Taking forward the '100 days to beat the Plastic campaign' launched by Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has seized 6,939 kg. of plastic items and issued 587 challans from February 1 to February 20, 2023, said an MCD press release.
Officials of Himachal Pradesh Police on Monday nabbed two persons and seized over seven kilos of contraband drugs from two different places in Hill State.
On the basis of profiling done by the officers of the customs AIU A batch, a passenger coming from Sharjah to Kochi Airport by flight G9 426 was intercepted at the green channel.
According to police, the gang had been involved in several cases of murder, burglary and snatching. Cases under NDPS and Arms Act were also registered in different districts against the accused.