Foiling a smuggling bid, Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday apprehended two Bangladeshi nationals along with 52 gold biscuits worth Rs 4.24 crore at Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
According to the police, the passenger has been booked for smuggling gold and the recovered gold has been seized under section 110 of the Customs Act 1962.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) thwarted a smuggling bid and arrested 18 female Sudan nationals and one Indian at the Chhatrapati Shivani Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, an official said on Tuesday.
A woman was arrested for allegedly smuggling over 2 kg of gold estimated to be valued at over Rs one crore, concealed in her undergarments, on Monday, said officials of Kozhikode Airport.
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.
Foiling smuggling bid, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Tuesday arrested two passengers from Dubai at the Mumbai airport and recovered gold worth Rs 4.54 crore.
Officials of the Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Cochin International Airport on Sunday intercepted a passenger and seized gold, valued at over Rs 44 lakhs, concealed inside the body, the customs department said.