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Brazilian national held at Mumbai airport with drugs worth over Rs 11 crore
A total of 1,110 grams of liquid cocaine, valued at approximately Rs. 11.1 crores in the illicit market, was recovered from him, the officials said
20 March,2025 11:10 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Mumbai Customs seize Rs 8.47 crore worth of gold at airport
Between March 13 and 15, Mumbai Customs officers at CSMI airport seized a huge quantity of 24KT gold in four different cases
16 March,2025 10:05 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Customs seizes gold worth Rs 3.67 cr at Mumbai airport; 4 held
The official said that three of the accused worked at stores in the airport and were allegedly helping members of a smuggling racket to carry gold out of the premises
16 March,2025 12:51 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai Customs seize drugs, gold dust worth over Rs 11 crore at airport
The Mumbai Customs officials intercepted a 93-year-old passenger and a passenger from Uganda based on specific intelligence about drugs and gold smuggling respectively, the officials said
05 March,2025 06:54 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Man arrested with gold dust worth Rs 1.25 cr at Mumbai airport
Gold was detected in rectum of accused woman when X Ray was conducted; 3 packets found in rectum of husband; Officials said that the AIU intercepted a Gujarat-based couple who had arrived from Bangkok from the green channel during the check
27 February,2025 07:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
Two held as Pune Customs department busts foreign currency hawala racket
The action followed specific information on a huge quantity of foreign currency concealed between the pages of notebooks and placed inside two trolley bags smuggled out of India by a person using unsuspecting three passengers, arriving from Dubai to Pune by a Spice Jet flight on February 17
25 February,2025 06:45 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai
Citing ‘inadequate arrest’, court grants bail to man held for smuggling gold
Accused’s lawyer says his kin was not informed, grounds of arrest weren’t made clear; the Mumbai customs department had, earlier in the day, arrested the man, 24, claiming to have recovered three capsules of gold dust worth Rs 1.10 crore from him
24 February,2025 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
Skoda Volkswagen must pay tax, can’t claim victimhood: Customs tells HC
“Don’t be the victim here. If you don’t follow the law then we will initiate action in accordance with the provisions of law,” Venkatraman said.
21 February,2025 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
5 passengers arrested at Mumbai airport for smuggling Rs 56-cr hydroponic weed
On the basis of profiling, the officers intercepted the passengers who had arrived from Bangkok. During the operation, they recovered 56.26 kg of hydroponic weed (cannabis), which was concealed in a trolley bag belonging to the passengers
20 February,2025 05:06 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai
Customs seize drugs worth Rs 10.22 crore at airport
A passenger arriving from Entebbe in Uganda, on Ugandan Airlines flight intercepted by the officials leading to the recovery of the drugs
19 February,2025 08:16 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan