Kerala: Over 1 kilo gold seized by customs officials in two days in separate incidents at Calicut airport
Over 1 kilo gold has been seized by customs officials in a span of just two days in separate incidents at the Calicut Airport, Kerala. The Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Cochin has taken to Twitter to inform that the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Kozhikode (Calicut) airport has seized a total 653 grams of gold and 10,000 cigarettes from the possession of four passengers travelling by two different flights.
One passenger carried 325 grams of gold by flight SG 9560 from Jeddah. While the remaining three passengers carried 10,000 cigarettes, 207 grams of gold and 121 grams of gold separately by flight SG153 from Dubai, said the Commissionerate.
The person travelling from Jeddah concealed the gold inside adaptors and cello tape. While the three passengers travelling from Dubai hid the gold and cigarettes inside a speaker and the wheels of a trolley bag, the Commissionerate added.
The two cases are being investigated further said the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Cochin in its tweet. In a similar case, a passenger arriving from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia was caught by the AIU at Kozhikode (Calicut) airport on September 5 carrying around 700 gms of gold valued at Rs 36 lakhs. The passenger had concealed the gold in a pressure cooker.
Lear MoreWater tanker carrying 10,000 liquor bottles seized in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur
The enforcement authorities in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur have seized at least 10,000 bottles of illegal liquor from a water tanker. The water tanker carrying illegal liquor was seized at Munagodu Mandal in Amaravati region of Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Special Enforcement Bureau seized around 10,000 illegal bottles in the water tanker and arrested eight men involved in the supply of illegal liquor to other areas from Andhra Pradesh. The liquor was illegally being transported from Hyderabad to Amaravati.
The seizure of 10,000 liquor bottles is one of the largest to date. The Andhra Pradesh government has been taking all the precautionary steps to stop the illegal trade.
Even after the government slashed the prices of cheap liquor, it has not brought any visible impact on the rampant liquor smuggling.
Since liquor outlets reopened and a sharp 75 per cent increase in the prices, smugglers have been using trucks, carts, tractors, boats, water tankers, gas cylinders to smuggle liquor in the state from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, and Telangana.
Lear MoreLucknow: 13 detained at Amausi with Rs 71 lakh worth cigarettes, gold
LUCKNOW: In one of the biggest crackdown against smuggling of foreign origin goods via flights post Covid-19 lockdown, at least 13 passengers were detained along with over Rs 71 lakh worth cigarettes, perfumes and gold by the custom department at Lucknow’s Amausi airport.
The smuggled goods were seized on Saturday from back-to-back two flights — Fly Dubai and Air India Express — which were coming from Sharjah and Dubai.
Speaking to TOI, deputy commissioner, customs, Amausi airport, Niharika Lakha, said, “Total Rs 71,04, 011 worth of goods were seized from the passengers of two flights. The smuggled goods included ESSE Lights brand cigarettes worth over Rs 53 lakh, perfume worth Rs 2 lakh and 288 gram of gold worth Rs 15,28,011.”
According to custom department, three gold biscuits were found concealed in the inner side of the belt area of jeans, while suitcase full of cigarettes and perfume were caught during luggage scanning “Majority of the detained passengers were from Delhi, Rampur, Gorakhpur and Patna. They all were heading Delhi with the smuggled goods.
However, it is yet not ascertained whether all the accused men were working as individuals to earn quick buck from selling foreign origins goods in national capital, or work as gang, or for a gang,” said a custom official.
Four held in Delhi for circulating fake currency notes
Four men were arrested for allegedly printing and circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in the national capital, police said on Saturday. The accused were identified as Mohd Azeem Khan, Akil Ahmed, Akeel Ahmad and Nitin Patel, they said.
Police got a tip-off about a Pilibhit-based syndicate which was involved in smuggling FICN into Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) areas. On August 30, police learnt that two members of the gang would deliver a consignment of fake currency notes near the Anand Vihar bus terminal in Delhi, a senior police officer said.
“A trap was laid and Azeem Khan and Akil Ahmed were arrested with fake notes having a face value of Rs 1.20 lakh. On their instance, Akeel Ahmed and Nitin Patel were also arrested,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said. The printing workshop based at Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh was also busted in which all the instruments and papers were recovered, the DCP said.
The accused were involved in the illegal activity from the past several years. They have already circulated FICN having face value of over Rs 25 lakh in Delhi-NCR, police said.
Lear MoreDelhi Police Arrests Four Members Of Fake Indian Currency Notes, Seizes Rs 1.34 Lakhs
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested four members of an interstate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) syndicate and seized Rs 1.34 lakhs along with semi-finished fake currency notes of Rs 20,000, police said on Saturday.
According to the police, the arrested persons have been identified as Mohd Azeem Khan, Akil Ahmed, Dr Akeel Ahmad and Nitin Patel, all residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit.
Apart from the fake currency notes, scanner, printer, wooden and iron frame, cutters, ink, tape and various other tools and other raw material used in printing of the FICN were also recovered from the posession of the arrested persons.
A case was registered under Section 489-B (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency notes), 489-C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Arms Act.
A team of Special Cell was working for last few months on various syndicates involved in manufacturing, supplying and circulating fake Indian currency notes.
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2 nabbed for smuggling liquor
The city police booked three persons and recovered illegal liquor and drugs from their possession in separate cases.
In the first incident, the Police Division 6 nabbed two liquor smugglers and recovered three liquor cases from their possession. The suspects have been identified as Ashok Kumar of Kailash Nagar and Gulshan Kumar of New Nanda Colony.
Investigating officer ASI Satnam Singh said after receiving a tip-off, a naka was laid near Gill Chowk where the duo were stopped for checking and illegal liquor was recovered from them.
The suspects were on the way to deliver the liquor to their clients. The ASI said police remand of the suspects would be sought for further interrogation.
In another incident, the Sadar police booked a drug peddler and recovered 8 kg of poppy husk from him. However, the suspect managed to give the police the slip.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/2-nabbed-for-smuggling-liquor-136197
Lear MoreSmuggled cigarettes seized in Cebu
The Bureau of Customs intercepted two containers of smuggled cigarettes with an estimated street value of P88.1million at the port of Cebu.
Acting Cebu District Collector Atty. Charlito Martin R. Mendoza said the smuggled cigarettes from China arrived at the Port of Cebu in separate shipments declared to contain umbrella and various home furniture.
The shipments were consigned to GRR Trading—the same importer whose recent shipments of misdeclared articles were previously seized by the Port after being found to contain master cases of cigarettes, he said.
Following an information received by the bureau, customs examiners conducted physical examination of the shipments together with representatives from CIIS, ESS, XIP, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Philippine Coast Guard, and Chamber of Customs Brokers Inc.
“The first container yielded 851 master cases of “Mighty” cigarettes while 911 master cases of “Mighty”, “Fort”, and “Marvel” cigarettes were found inside the second container estimated to have a total street value of P88.1 Million,” the BoC official said.
https://manilastandard.net/news/national/333309/smuggled-cigarettes-seized-in-cebu.html
Lear MoreMan held for printing fake currency in Haryana”s Sirsa
The Haryana Police on Wednesday said they have arrested a man from Sirsa district for alleged involvement in the printing of fake currency.
A police spokesperson said they seized counterfeit notes with a face value of Rs 93,500, a printing machine and 584 currency-size papers from the accused.
He said police had got a secret input about the printing of fake currency at Kharia village in Sirsa by the accused, identified as Manohar Lal.
Upon receiving information, a police team was constituted which conducted a raid and arrested the accused from whom four fake notes of the denomination of Rs 2,000, 167 notes of the denomination of Rs 500, nine notes of Rs 200 and two of Rs 100 denomination were recovered.
One of the accused”s associates managed to escape, the spokesperson said, adding he has been identified and will be behind the bars shortly. A case has been registered and further investigation is under way.
Lear MoreAmritsar: Rs 51 lakh gold seized from Dubai flight
AMRITSAR:A 1kg gold bar valued at around Rs 51lakh was recovered from a Dubai flight at Sri Guru Ramdas International Airport, Amritsar, on Wednesday afternoon. Customs commissioner A S Ranga, who holds the additional charge of Amritsar customs commissionerate, said a search of flight number 6E0408 that arrived from Dubai, led to the seizure of the 1,000g 24 carat gold bar wrapped in a black adhesive tape and concealed underneath an unoccupied seat.
The flight arrived from Dubai at around 3.51pm. The smuggler or the person who had to retrieve the gold bar is yet out of range of custom officials.
Sources said the Rs 700 per gram difference between the pure gold price in Dubai and India allures gold smugglers.
“Today, the per gram gold price in Amritsar’s gold market is Rs 5,100 whereas in Dubai it is Rs 4,400 which turns out to be a benefit of Rs 7 lakh per kg smuggled gold which is enough of the allurement,” said sources in the market, adding that ahead of the festive and wedding season there was immense demand for gold and gold jewellery in the domestic market.
Two Arrested For Smuggling Liquor From Telangana To Andhra Pradesh
Police officials have arrested two persons on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling over 100 liquor bottles from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh, said police.
The two accused have been identified as Devarakonda Srinivas Rao and Devarakonda Rajesh, who hail from Aswaraopeta town of Khammam district, Telangana.
Vissannapeta circle excise inspector JS Balaji said, “The excise police were checking vehicles at Polavaram village in Chatrai Mandal, close to the Telangana border at 5 am today. Police interrogated two persons travelling on a two-wheeler as their movement was suspicious and their body shape was also looking bit strange. The police then found 101 liquor bottles (180 ml each) tied around their chests.”
He further said that the liquor bottles and motorcycle were seized by the police officials and a case was filed against them under relevant section of the Andhra Pradesh Excise Act. Later, they were produced before the magistrate.
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