Gold Smuggling

A wheelchair-bound man was arrested at the international airport here for smuggling in gold valued at Rs 1.13 crore concealed inside his shoes, a customs official said on Wednesday.

Police on Friday arrested five persons and recovered a fake gold statue of Jesus Christ, biscuit in two separate operations in Assam's Nagaon and Sonitpur districts, police said.

A passenger coming from Dubai was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 2.20 kg gold worth Rs 1.40 crore at the Jaipur International Airport, a police official said Friday.

Gold worth over Rs 42 lakh was seized at the Telangana airport, from a person who was concealing it in the form of gold paste in his rectum, the Customs officials said on Friday.

Border Security Force on Monday apprehended two smugglers and seized 52 gold biscuits worth Rs four crore 24 lacks at Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

Air Customs at Delhi International Airport has booked a passenger who arrived from Jeddah and seized gold worth over Rs 50 lakh in the form of paste from the person, officials said today.

Four persons were arrested allegedly with 7.15 kilograms of gold worth Rs 4.3 crore near the airport in Surat in Gujarat, an official said on Sunday.

A woman trying to smuggle 27 gold bars from Bangladesh was arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. The seized gold bars weigh over 2 kg and are worth nearly Rs 1.29 crore.

In a scene that appeared to have leapt out of a film, a group of women attempted to smuggle gold worth over Rs 9 crore into Mumbai airport on Thursday by creating a ruckus to distract authorities. Nine Kenyan women have been arrested in the case.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a gold smuggling racket and arrested 18 Sudanese women as well as an Indian woman with 16.36 kg of the yellow metal in paste form valued at Rs 10.16 crore at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence busted a gold smuggling racket and arrested 18 Sudanese women as well as an Indian woman with 16.36 kg of the yellow metal in paste form valued at Rs 10.16 crore at Mumbai Airport, an official said.

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a petition seeking an investigation into the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case regarding the involvement of the Kerala Chief Minister, his family and others.

Air Customs Intelligence officials have seized 3.5 kg of gold worth around Rs 2 crore, which was tried to be smuggled through Kozhikode Airport in Karirpur on Thursday night in four different cases.

A male passenger who had arrived by an international flight was caught smuggling gold by concealing it in the diaper of his 21-month old daughter at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) in a recent incident, a customs release said.

According to the agency, providing false export data may result in civil or criminal fines and prosecution.

A wheelchair-bound man was arrested at the international airport here for smuggling in gold valued at Rs 1.13 crore concealed inside his shoes, a customs official said on Wednesday.

Police on Friday arrested five persons and recovered a fake gold statue of Jesus Christ, biscuit in two separate operations in Assam's Nagaon and Sonitpur districts, police said.

A passenger coming from Dubai was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 2.20 kg gold worth Rs 1.40 crore at the Jaipur International Airport, a police official said Friday.

Gold worth over Rs 42 lakh was seized at the Telangana airport, from a person who was concealing it in the form of gold paste in his rectum, the Customs officials said on Friday.

Border Security Force on Monday apprehended two smugglers and seized 52 gold biscuits worth Rs four crore 24 lacks at Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

Air Customs at Delhi International Airport has booked a passenger who arrived from Jeddah and seized gold worth over Rs 50 lakh in the form of paste from the person, officials said today.

Four persons were arrested allegedly with 7.15 kilograms of gold worth Rs 4.3 crore near the airport in Surat in Gujarat, an official said on Sunday.

A woman trying to smuggle 27 gold bars from Bangladesh was arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. The seized gold bars weigh over 2 kg and are worth nearly Rs 1.29 crore.

In a scene that appeared to have leapt out of a film, a group of women attempted to smuggle gold worth over Rs 9 crore into Mumbai airport on Thursday by creating a ruckus to distract authorities. Nine Kenyan women have been arrested in the case.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a gold smuggling racket and arrested 18 Sudanese women as well as an Indian woman with 16.36 kg of the yellow metal in paste form valued at Rs 10.16 crore at the Mumbai airport on Tuesday.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence busted a gold smuggling racket and arrested 18 Sudanese women as well as an Indian woman with 16.36 kg of the yellow metal in paste form valued at Rs 10.16 crore at Mumbai Airport, an official said.

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a petition seeking an investigation into the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case regarding the involvement of the Kerala Chief Minister, his family and others.

Air Customs Intelligence officials have seized 3.5 kg of gold worth around Rs 2 crore, which was tried to be smuggled through Kozhikode Airport in Karirpur on Thursday night in four different cases.

A male passenger who had arrived by an international flight was caught smuggling gold by concealing it in the diaper of his 21-month old daughter at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) in a recent incident, a customs release said.

According to the agency, providing false export data may result in civil or criminal fines and prosecution.