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Increase in gibbon trafficking into India has conservationists worried.

13.09.2025

In recent months, seizure incidents of gibbons trafficked from Southeast Asia into India have increased.

The growing demand for gibbons as pets is behind the increased trafficking, fueled by social media and aided by porous borders and weak enforcement of wildlife laws.

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Customs officials seize drugs, exotic wildlife in twin smuggling busts at Hyderabad airport.

11.09.2025

Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, carried two major interceptions on Monday (September 8, 2025) uncovering narcotics and exotic wildlife being smuggled into the country.

In the first case, officers stopped a passenger who had arrived from Bangkok. On examining the read more »
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Man, who attempted to smuggle Indian star tortoises, distracted authorities & fled Bengaluru airport.

07.08.2025

A consignment of 896 Indian star tortoises was seized by customs officials at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Tuesday.

The accused, who managed to flee, is currently on the run.

Identified as Abdul Mohammed Kasim from Tamil Nadu, he read more »
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Catering staffer at Mumbai airport arrested for smuggling gold worth 1.4 crore.

04.08.2025

Mumbai: Customs officials on Saturday apprehended an employee of a catering store at the city airport for allegedly smuggling 1.5kg gold dust in wax form worth Rs 1.4 crore. Based on a profiling tip-off, Air Intelligence Unit officers intercepted Alloysius Alvares, who worked with Balaji Caterers, near read more »
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Couple caught smuggling 28 kg of gold paste at Surat airport.

22.07.2025

The couple, exhibiting unusual walking patterns, had 28 kg of gold paste strapped around their midsections.

A couple coming from Dubai were apprehended by the CISF and Customs at the Surat airport for allegedly smuggling in over 20 kg of gold paste by concealing read more »
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Customs officials seize smuggled goods from five passengers at Coimbatore airport.

21.07.2025

According to officials, the Deputy Commissioner of Customs and his team developed intelligence based on data analysis and intercepted five men

Officials of the Air Customs Unit at the Coimbatore International Airport on Saturday (July 19, 2025) seized smuggled goods worth about ?90 lakh read more »
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DRI seizes over 4 kg of cocaine worth Rs. 40 crore from passenger at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru; one arrested.

21.07.2025

Acting on specific intelligence, officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Bengaluru Zonal Unit intercepted an Indian male passenger, who arrived from Doha at Bengaluru International Airport in the early hours of 18.07.2025.

On careful examination of his baggage, it was observed that the read more »
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Endangered pythons, rabbits, parrots seized from passengers at Pune airport, animals to be sent back to Bangkok.

19.07.2025

Officials with the Customs Department on Tuesday arrested two passengers who arrived from Bangkok at Pune airport and seized smuggled exotic wild animals, including green tree pythons, double-eyed fig parrots, and Sumatran striped rabbits, from them. The endangered animals are set to be sent back to Thailand read more »
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Customs officer takes Rs 15K bribe to allow gold coin at city airport, complaint filed.

19.07.2025

Complainant provides payment details triggering customs probe; money traced to SBI account of suspected middleman.

A passenger arriving from Kuwait has accused a customs officer at Ahmedabad airport of accepting a bribe in exchange for allowing him to carry gold through clearance. The allegation, read more »
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20 wild exotic animals seized at Pune airport; two passengers held.

17.07.2025

Customs at Pune Airport seized rare wildlife from two passengers from Bangkok, arresting them under wildlife protection laws. Animals are in care for repatriation.

The customs officials at the Pune International Airport intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok on Tuesday and seized rare and read more »