Customs officials seize 4 Kg gold worth Rs 2.55 crore at Lucknow Airport

31 Dec 2023

The senior Customs official at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSI) has reported that two incidents were recorded by officers of CCSI Airport Lucknow within the Lucknow Customs (P) Commissionerate this morning. In the initial case, a coffee machine was found to be suspicious during scanning and upon further...

Tamil Nadu: AIU Trichy seizes gold worth Rs 23.84 lakhs

30 Sep 2023

According to a press release issued on Friday, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) in Trichy successfully intercepted and confiscated gold valued at Rs. 23.84 lakhs in three distinct cases. The Deputy Commissioner of Trichy Customs explained, "In the initial case, a passenger from Kuala Lumpur had concealed a piece of...

Kerala: Customs department seizes gold worth 57 lakhs

13 Jun 2023

The customs department at Kochi airport made a seizure on Tuesday, confiscating 1069.57 grams of gold valued at Rs. 57 lakhs from a passenger who arrived from Bahrain via Calicut. The individual, named Asraf and hailing from Kozhikode, concealed four compact capsules of gold within his body. The gold has...

DRI seizes gold worth Rs 6.2 crore at Mumbai airport, four arrested

05 Jun 2023

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai seized more than 10 kg of gold valued at about Rs 6.2 crores in two separate cases, officials said on Sunday, adding that a total of four passengers have been arrested. In the first case based on specific intelligence, two passengers who arrived...

Mumbai: DRI seized gold worth Rs 2.23 crore at airport, 2 arrested

16 May 2023

Officials said on Tuesday that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 3535 grams of gold worth Rs 2.23 crore from two passengers arriving from Dubai at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. The passengers were apprehended. According to officials, surveillance was mounted at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport...

Customs recovered gold worth Rs 97 lakh at Kochi airport

14 Feb 2023

The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department has seized gold worth of Rs. 97.5 lakh at Kochi airport in two instances. The officials revealed on Tuesday that they has seized a total of 2,216.07 grams gold on Tuesday. On the basis of the profiling done by the officers...