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17 Jul 2024

Passenger Refuses Free Food Onboard Air India; Gets Arrested Later

Passenger's consistent refusal to accept any refreshments during flight AI 992 from Jeddah to Delhi raised suspicions, ultimately resulting in his arrest.

10 Jul 2024

ITBP Makes Historic Seizure: 108 Gold Bars Confiscated From Smugglers

An ITBP official stated that during patrolling, two suspects were observed in the area.

30 Aug 2023

Gold Worth Rs 8.9 Lakh Concealed In Nutella Jars Seized At Trichy Airport

A gold bar of 24 K purity and weighed 149.000 grams, valued at Rs 8.90 lakh was extracted from gold powder ingeniously concealed in a Nutella jars

17 Aug 2023

NIA Arrests Most Wanted Accused In Over 9 Crore Jaipur Gold Smuggling Case

The gold bars, valuing over Rs 9 crore in the market, were seized while being smuggled from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia in 2020 as part of a criminal conspiracy to smuggle gold into India to derail the country’s economic security and monetary stability.

10 Jul 2023

Big Success For DRI; Gold Worth Rs 25 Crore Seized From Surat Airport

The gold was concealed for smuggling into India with the help of officials posted at the Surat international airport.

09 Mar 2023

Air India Cabin Crew Tries To Smuggle 1.4kg Gold, Hides It Under Sleeves, held

The Customs had received confidential information that the Air India cabin crew of the Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi service was bringing gold.

05 Mar 2023

Delhi: Gold Bars Worth Rs 1.95 Crore Recovered From Aircraft At IGI Airport

Gold bars worth approximately Rs 2 crore were discovered in flight bathroom The incident occurred at IGI airport in Delhi on Sunday The gold bars have a total appraised value of Rs 1,95,72,400

12 Dec 2022

Gold Smuggling reaches three-year high post govt import duty hike

Seizures of smuggled gold in India reached a three-year high this year. Government raised the import duty on the precious metal. So-called grey market operators try to avoid the import duties by selling gold at discounts to market prices.

13 Nov 2022

61 kg gold worth Rs 32 cr seized at Mumbai airport, biggest-one day catch

At least seven travellers, five men and two women, were arrested in the seizures that were made on Friday.

13 Apr 2022

Bus driver, passenger held at Lucknow Airport for smuggling gold

The gold was seized from a passenger who arrived at the Lucknow Airport in Uttar Pradesh at around 3 am from Muscat.

Enforcement Directorate

29 Nov 2021

ED arrests gold smuggler, attaches assets worth over Rs 25 crore

The accused was nabbed from Amby Valley City, Lonavala, Pune while attending a wedding function.

Chennai Air Customs

21 Oct 2021

5 kg gold foil hidden in laptops, tabs seized at Chennai airport; 5 arrested

Chennai Air Customs seized over 5 kg gold foils The gold foils were hidden in laptops and tabs Five people were arrested

29 Sep 2021

Man arrested for hiding gold paste worth Rs 42 lakh in rectum in Imphal

The man was arrested after the alert CISF officials noticed the presence of metal inside the rectal cavity of a passenger while frisking him at the airport. Subsequently, four packets of yellow metal paste, weighing about 909.68 gm, were recovered, the CISF said.

Chennai Air Customs

27 Sep 2021

Gold worth Rs 66 lakh hidden in hammer, mirror seized at Chennai airport

Chennai airport customs officials caught two passengers smuggling gold Over 1.5 kg gold worth Rs 66 lakh was seized The gold was hidden in a hammer and a mirror

11 Sep 2021

Chennai customs arrest two for smuggling 3.12 kg gold wires worth Rs 1.33 cr

Customs officials at Chennai Airport held and frisked two passengers who returned from Dubai on Friday. The interception done at the exit gate was based on specific intelligence from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. Examination of their checked-in bags revealed 11 gold wires of 24K purity.

01 Sep 2021

ED attaches assets worth Rs 25.28 crore in gold smuggling case

The ED initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of a case registered by the DRI Kolkata. The gold procured duty-free was diverted in the domestic market by Sanjay Agarwal with the active connivance of his relatives and other associates.

Customs department

24 Jul 2021

Gold smuggling racket: 4 airlines staff among 7 arrested at Delhi airport

The value of gold smuggled by the syndicate so far was over Rs 72 lakh, the Customs department said

17 Jun 2021

43 kg gold worth Rs 21 crore seized in Imphal, two persons arrested

43 kg gold worth Rs 21 crore seized in Imphal Two persons were arrested in the case

10 Jun 2021

Person smuggling 1.25 kg gold worth Rs 63 lakh arrested at Chennai airport

Person smuggling gold from Dubai arrested 1.25 kg gold worth over Rs 63 lakh was recovered

23 May 2021

DRI arrests 2 in smuggling case, recovers 9.3 kg gold in crude form

Surveillance was mounted based on specific intelligence that gold that had been smuggled into the country the gold was smuggled in the form of paste using the international airports in the region DRI proceeded to search the vehicle; the search resulted in the recovery of 9.3 kg gold in crude form

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