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New Baggage Rules Notified.

22.02.2026

Notification No. 14/2026-Customs (N.T.) dated 01-02-2026 outlines the Baggage Rules 2026, detailing duty-free allowances to regulate passengers arriving in India while notification No. 15/2026-Customs (N.T.) dated 01-02-2026 lays down the Customs Baggage Declaration Processing Regulations, 2026 for passengers arriving in or departing from India. Further Circular No. read more »
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Customs officials stop Indian at Bangkok airport: Inside his luggage were 2 of the world’s rarest endangered primates.

13.02.2026

The animals were identified as Indochinese lutungs, commonly known as silvered leaf monkeys, a species classified as endangered and strictly protected under wildlife laws.

An Indian traveller was detained at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport after officials found two protected monkeys hidden inside his luggage, Thai read more »
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DRI busts major trans-border gold smuggling syndicate; seizes gold worth over Rs. 40 crore and cash worth Rs. 2.9 crore.

07.01.2026

DRI conducted searches at Delhi and Agartala and unearthed a well-organised international gold smuggling syndicate operating from Dubai and Bangladesh

In a major crackdown on trans-border smuggling, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted searches at Delhi and Agartala and busted a well-organised international read more »
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Body-worn cameras made mandatory for customs officers at airport Red Channels to boost transparency.

03.01.2026

New Delhi: It is now mandatory for customs officers deployed at the Red Channel at all international airports to wear body worn cameras (BWCs) to enhance transparency and ease of doing business.

In an instruction sent internally to the customs field formation last month, read more »
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Gold smuggling case: Karnataka High Court rejects plea challenging Ranya Rao's COFEPOSA detention.

19.12.2025

Rao had earlier been given default bail in the criminal case registered in the matter by the DRI, but had remained in jail since she was also booked under the COFEPOSA Act.

The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the detention read more »