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Gold smuggling racket busted at Mumbai Airport, 8 arrested.

14.09.2024

In the first case, the Customs officials intercepted three passengers travelling, one from Dubai and two from Madagascar

Mumbai Airport Commissionerate (Zone-III) has seized 7.46 Kilograms of gold valued at Rs. 5.11 crore from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International (CSMI) Airport. Eight individuals, including read more »

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Customs Preventive Delhi seizes gold weighing 6.438 Kg. from domestic passenger.

14.09.2024

Customs Preventive Delhi team headed by CC Mr. Satendra Vikram Singh, on the basis of information provided by NCTC pax and further developed by them, one passenger travelling by UK 802 dated 13.09.2024 from Bangalore to Delhi was intercepted and 6.438 Kg was recovered from him. The read more »

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Revenue intelligence agency seizes smuggled gold worth Rs. 16.91 crore in Mumbai.

30.08.2024

A search of their baggage yielded 22.89 kg of smuggled gold in various forms, including melted gold bars, egg-shaped capsules, strips, and chains.

Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested three individuals and confiscated foreign-origin smuggled gold valued at approximately Rs. 16.91 read more »

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Customs seize Rs 1 cr worth gold, electronics at Kochi airport.

20.08.2024

Kochi: Cochin Customs officials seized gold and electronic equipment worth approximately Rs 1 crore from three individuals from Tamil Nadu at Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) on Tuesday.

The arrested, identified as Syed, Nawas, and Jainullabadeen, are part of a smuggling gang and were read more »

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Countervailing Duty (CVD) on Saccharin and Its Classification.

19.08.2024

1. As per the Notification No.04/2022-Customs (CVD) dated 21.10.2022, final Countervailing Duty (CVD) has been levied on import of Saccharine originating in or exported from Thailand. The said goods is specified in column (3) of the table of the said notification falling under tariff item 29251100 of read more »

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Rogue Tax Officer, 3 Lawyers, 500 Firms - Big GST Heist Uncovered in Delhi.

13.08.2024

The fake firms generated invoices worth Rs 718 crore, i.e. fake purchases were made and business was only on paper, the probe, which was later transferred to the ACB, found.

New Delhi :  A rogue tax officer, a trio of lawyers and a read more »

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6.6 kg of gold smuggled from Sri Lanka seized in Tamil Nadu.

13.08.2024

The seized gold is worth Rs 4.5 crore. The search operation was initiated based on a credible tip to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.

In Short

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence received intel about gold smuggling

Search operations read more »

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Customs seize gold worth Rs 33 lakh at Kochi airport.

12.08.2024

Kochi: Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officials at the Cochin International Airport (CIAL) seized gold ornaments worth Rs 33 lakh from a passenger from Doha on Monday.

The passenger, Noshad, a native of Kozhikode, concealed the gold within the soles of the shoes. Noshad read more »

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Customs officials seize 22 exotic animals from passenger at Chennai airport.

12.08.2024

The animals were seized from an Indian passenger, identified as Mohamed Meera Sardharali, who arrived in Chennai by a Thai Air Asia flight from Bangkok on August 10.

In Short

Passenger, who had arrived from Bangkok, was arrested

read more »

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Decision To Reduce Pay Scale Can't Be Applied Retrospectively: Supreme Court Quashes Recovery Steps Against Retired Govt Servant.

09.08.2024

The Supreme Court observed that any step of reduction in the pay scale and recovery from a government employee would tantamount to a punitive action because the same has drastic "civil as well as evil consequences.” A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and R. Mahadevan read more »

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CIAL gold seizure: DRI nabs two more health staff and their link to smuggling cartel.

07.08.2024

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has informed that it has made a breakthrough in the investigation into a recent gold seizure at the Cochin International Airport (CIAL), which led to the arrest of a healthcare worker.

Kumbalangi native Libin had been arrested in read more »

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DRI seize cocaine, hydroponic weed from two flyers at Bengaluru airport.

01.08.2024

On July 26, based on specific intelligence, DRI officials intercepted a Nigerian woman after she arrived by an Emirates flight from Dubai.

BENGALURU: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Bengaluru, seized narcotic substances from two passengers at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in two read more »

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Customs, DRI seize 847 kg of gold worth Rs 544 cr at airports in Q1: FM

30.07.2024

Customs and DRI officers have seized 847 kg of gold worth Rs 544 crore at various airports in the three months of the current fiscal till June, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

In a written reply to a question in the Rajya read more »

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Mumbai Customs seize over Rs 13 crore worth of gold and contraband at airport, 7 held.

25.07.2024

In some of the cases gold was found to be concealed in cardboard boxes, on and inside body of passengers.

Mumbai Customs on Sunday said that its officials seized over Rs 13 crore worth of gold, foreign currency and other contraband at Mumbai airport read more »

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Budget 2024 highlights: Focus on employment, skilling, MSME and middle class; tax structure under new regime revised.

23.07.2024

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Budget will focus on employment, skilling, MSME and middle class

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on July 23 announced her seventh consecutive budget. The presentation on July 23 was the first Budget by the BJP-led NDA government since it was read more »