A police team busted a theft racket operating inside Indira Gandhi International Airport terminals, arrested eight people and seized jewellery worth over Rs 10 lakh from their possession, officials said.
Officials said that they had seized 500 grams of narcotics along with over one lakh cash from the drug peddler who was arrested from the Karnah area of the district.
Police further said that extensive raids would be conducted in Kochi city on lodges, OYO rooms, beaches and parks to crack down on prohibited drug products in the state
"During the examination of the said passenger, one white coloured stripe, suspected to be gold in a compound form totally weighing 281.88 grams concealed in the specially stitched cavity of jeans pants worn by the passenger were recovered and seized," the customs department added.
Two passengers were held for allegedly smuggling 4.65 kilograms of gold estimated to be worth Rs 2.55 crore by hiding inside their luggage in two separate incidents on Thursday, said officials of Kozhikode Airport.
Ever since the Union Cabinet approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission on January 4, several automobile brands seized the opportunity to showcase their products, including product concepts, and become a part of the movement to make India a global hub for the production, utilization, an
The agency claimed to have seized digital devices (mobile phones, SIM cards), sharp-edged knives, and incriminating material, literature and posters during these searches.
Earlier on January 6, altogether six kg of heroin and cocaine worth over Rs 47 crore were seized in two separate cases at the Mumbai airport, customs officials said.
The radioactive material was detected in a package at Heathrow Airport following a routine screening on December 29. The discovery of the shipment has raised alarm over the possible use of Pakistan as a transit point for smuggling nuclear material.
A shipment containing several kilograms of Uranium was seized at UK's Heathrow Airport, following which a major counter-terrorism probe was launched, Dailymail Online, the website of the Daily Mail, a tabloid newspaper based in UK reported on Wednesday.