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An international passenger was caught trying to smuggle nearly 1.6 kg of gold worth about Rs 2.4 crore by concealing it in his undergarment at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, officials said.
DRI has intensified its crackdown on gold smuggling syndicates, resulting in the seizure of over 27 kilograms of foreign-origin smuggled gold and the arrest of 12 persons.
In a major operation the officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) successfully dismantled a trans-border gold smuggling syndicate and seized 15 kg foreign-origin smuggled gold
DRI has successfully unearthed and dismantled a highly organised gold smuggling syndicate operating through Mumbai Airport.
Custom officials at the Ahmedabad airport have seized over 2.7 kilogram of gold concealed inside the lavatory of an aircraft.
An ED investigation into a gold-smuggling racket being operated across the India-China LAC has found that more than 1,000 kg of the yellow metal worth Rs 800 crore was illegally brought to India with the alleged involvement of a Chinese, some Tibetans and locals in 2023 and 2024.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Tuesday served a notice on Kannada actress Ranya Rao alias Harshavardhini Ranya, 33, for the payment of a Rs 102-crore penalty for allegedly smuggling an equivalent amount of gold into India from Dubai in 2024-2025.
Customs has imposed a fine of Rs 12 crore on former UAE consulate officials in the gold smuggling case.
