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Tamil Nadu: Customs officials seize gold rods worth Rs 16.17 lakh at Tiruchirappalli Airport

Three passengers were arrested and 96 small size 24-carat (K) gold rods worth Rs 16.17 lakh were seized from them at Tiruchirappalli airport in Tamil Nadu. Read further on Dynamite News:

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VAT on postal imports sent starts in May

The Customs Department will start collecting of value-added tax (VAT) for imported goods sent through postal services, regardless of the value of the goods, starting in May.

Bangkok Post

Diamonds hidden in noodle packets, gold collectively valued at ₹6.46 crore seized at Mumbai airport; four passengers held

Mumbai Customs seize diamonds in noodle packets and gold in body parts worth ₹6.46 crore, passengers arrested

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From Bulgaria To The English Channel: Tracing Trafficked Migrant Boats

The Kapitan Andreevo border post, one of the busiest in Europe, is more than 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the nearest sea, but Bulgarian customs officer Georgi Gospodinov is on the lookout for dinghies.

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Customs’ road patrolling begins ahead of polls

The exercise being conducted by Central Excise and Customs officers will continue until the day of polling.

The Hindu

Customs make multiple gold seizures at Thiruvananthapuram airport

Customs seize 26,000 counterfeit cigarette sticks with a value of ₹4.42 from a passenger who arrived from Bahrain.

The Hindu

1.5 kg gold paste found in restroom of Tiruchi airport

Officers of the Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) recovered gold in paste form from a men’s restroom at the Tiruchi International Airport on Thursday. About 1.5 kg of gold was extracted from the paste.

The Hindu

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At the Bengaluru airport, a cat-and-mouse game between enforcement agencies and mules

Mastermids are rarely caught

The Hindu

101 antiquities seized by customs handed over to ASI

101 seized antiquities, including a 206-year-old telescope, handed over to ASI by customs department in New Delhi.

The Hindu

Customs hands over rare East India Company telescope to ASI

Rare 206-year-old British East India Company tracker telescope seized by Guwahati Customs handed over to Archaeological Survey of India.

The Hindu

6.3 kg gold seized at Karipur

Customs seize 6.3 kg gold worth ₹3.87 crore smuggled by passengers at Calicut Airport, using innovative concealment methods.

The Hindu

Illegally imported arecanut seized by government should be auctioned at the floor price, says CAMPCO

With the price of arecanut beginning to fall, Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO), Mangaluru, on Friday, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to ensure that when illegally imported arecanut seized by the government is auctioned the floor price is maintained.

The Hindu

Gold worth around ₹47 lakh seized at Kochi airport

Customs Air Intelligence unit in Kochi seizes gold worth ₹25 lakh from passenger arriving from Sharjah.

The Hindu

CBIC issues revised guidelines for reporting arrest, smuggling incidents

CBIC revises guidelines for reporting arrests, smuggling, and frauds by customs officers to enhance risk-based targeting.

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Two Keralites arrested on charge of online fraud

Thiruvananthapuram Cyber Police arrest two Keralites for defrauding chartered accountant of ₹2.25 crore posing as Customs and CBI officers.

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Hong Kong Arrests 7 In Hong Kong Arrests 7 In Top News.8 Billion Money Laundering Case.8 Billion Money Laundering Case

Hong Kong customs officials make significant breakthrough in largest money laundering case, arresting seven individuals linked to Hong Kong Arrests 7 In Top News.8 Billion Money Laundering Case.8 billion operation. F...

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Customs foil bid to smuggle in gold worth about ₹1.38 cr. at Kochi airport

The Customs Air Intelligence Unit at the Cochin international airport thwarted an attempt to smuggle in over 2 kg of gold estimated to have a market value of around ₹1.38 crore.

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Custom official seize gold worth 1.28 crore at Guwahati Railway Station

Customs officials seized 1997.96 grams of smuggled gold (12 bars and 5 coins) worth Rs 1.28 crore from one person at Guwahati Railway Station. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Tech consultant falls prey to ‘courier scam’, loses ₹18.3 lakh

A 43-year-old tech consultant from Whitefield become the latest victim of the courier scam and lost ₹18.3 lakh to cyberfraudsters who, posing as Customs officials, accessed his bank account to check “money laundering transactions”, and emptied it out on January 17.

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Customs seize gold worth Rs 43 lakh at Mumbai airport

Officials of Mumbai Customs said they have seized 24 KT gold dust and 24 KT jewellery valued at Rs 43 lakh from an Indian national travelling from Dubai. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Smoked monkey and whole sharks: the suitcase smugglers feeding Europe’s hunger for bushmeat

Customs officers and scientists are working together to combat the highly lucrative illicit trade in wildlife meat that is helping to push some species to extinction

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Guwahati Customs seizes 103 gold biscuits, 3 held

The Guwahati Customs Department apprehended three accused and seized 103 gold biscuits weighing 2.60 kg at the Indo-Bhutan border near Darranga LCS, Assam. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

NCB registers huge haul of LSD stamps, arrests five

Narcotics Control Bureau seized around 300 LSD stamps, which were allegedly smuggled in as a parcel from abroad through a post office in Kochi

The Hindu

28 gold bars seized from IndiGo flight dustbin at Calicut airport

The Customs wing at Calicut International Airport, Karipur, recovered 3.26 kg of gold from the dustbin of an IndiGo flight that arrived from Dubai

The Hindu

Duty concessions on petrochemical products a sticking point in India-Oman FTA talks

A free trade agreement between India and Oman might be delayed due to a proposal to reduce Customs duty on petrochemical products

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