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.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has seized three vehicles as proceeds of terror in connection with a case linked to the recovery and seizure of arms and ammunition from Devender Singh, Deputy SP in Jammu and Kashmir Police, in January 2020.
The agency said on the basis of specific Intelligence, an Indian National, who had arrived from Harare to Mumbai via Nairobi vide Kenya Airways was intercepted yesterday.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department has seized a total of 2,216.07 grams of gold worth Rs 97.5 lakh at Kochi airport in two instances, said an official statement on Tuesday.
A syndicate based in Bangladesh, Tripura, Assam and West Bengal in India was smuggling huge quantities of gold from the neighbouring country to India through Indo-Bangla border in the state of Tripura, an official release said on Monday.
The agency said this money was unaccounted cash part of the total cash payment of approximately Rs 9 crore for a property called Salasar Guest House at an undervalued price.
The Customs department has seized gold and foreign currency worth crores from different passengers at the Mumbai airport, the officials said on Friday.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) customs department seized gold 1,062 grams of gold worth Rs 54 lakh from two female passengers at the Kochi airport on Thursday.