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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 11 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 1,390.85 gm of gold from a passenger at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), said the agency on Sunday. According to DRI, the gold was being smuggled from Dubai to Hyderabad by the passenger travelling on flight number EK-528 on August 9 .

The officers of DRI intercepted the suspected passenger at the exit area of the Inter national Arrival Hall, RGIA. In the search, two yellow-coloured large metal bars in the shape of batteries were found in his left shoe and in his back pack. And a yellow-coloured metal chain was also recovered from him, according to the DRI.

https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/dri-arrests-man-with-gold-worth-over-rs-1-crore-at-hyderabad-airport20240811234228/

In a decisive action against illegal manufacturing practices, the Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) raided a factory in Surat’s Olpad area producing ayurvedic products without a license. The raid resulted in the seizure of goods worth Rs. 11.60 lakhs, according to FDA Commissioner Dr H G Koshia.

During the raid, FDCA officials discovered 15 samples of suspicious quantities, which were subsequently seized. The factory, operated by Jogi Herbal Pvt. Ltd., was found to be manufacturing various ayurvedic medicines, including Kavath, Churna, and joint relief oil, without the necessary permits and licenses. The factory was immediately sealed, and production was halted.

https://www.pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=171790&sid=2

In what police say is the biggest gold haul in recent decades at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport, ten persons have been arrested on the charge of smuggling in the yellow metal weighing around 100 kg. The gross weight of the consignment, which includes motorcycle brake shoes, is 155 kg, according to officials at the Mint division of the Nepal Rastra Bank, on whose custody the consignment has been entrusted.

On Tuesday, the Department of Revenue Investigation assisted by the Armed Police Force personnel seized gold estimated to be worth over a billion rupees and arrested six individuals. Two days later, on Thursday, four persons including a Chinese national were arrested. The Chinese was arrested from the airport as he was trying to leave the country. The three others are Nepali nationals—Krishna Kumar Shrestha, Rajan Shrestha and Pushkar Raj Bhattarai.

https://kathmandupost.com/national/2023/07/21/ten-arrested-in-one-of-biggest-gold-hauls-out-of-tribhuvan-international-airport

The police have arrested a man for allegedly trafficking liquor from Paonta Sahib to Bihar. During investigation it was found that he had ordered a truck of liquor from a Paonta Sahib-based beverage company earlier, too. The accused was identified as Pintu of Vaishali district. He was arrested from Hajipur in Bihar.

Notably, the CIA-3 unit of the district police had nabbed two persons — Subodh and Sachin — with 970 boxes of Indian made foreign liquor in a truck here on July 26. Since they failed to show a valid permit for transporting the liquor they were arrested. During the probe, the accused revealed that they were given Rs 10,000 each for transporting the liquor.

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/1-held-for-liquor-smuggling/#:~:text=beverage%20company%20earlier,July%2026.%E2%80%94%20TNS

The United Arab Emirates temporarily suspended activities at 32 gold refineries as part of an effort to curb money laundering.
Officials determined that the plants committed a total of 256 violations, including not taking the necessary steps to identify risks, and not examining customer and transaction databases against names on terrorism watchlists.

Gold smuggling is an age-old practice, but it’s become all the more lucrative as the price of bullion has soared to record highs this year. Prices peaked at $2,483.73 an ounce in mid-July, supported by central bank buying, surging demand in China, geopolitical tensions and expectations of US monetary easing.

https://www.mining.com/web/uae-suspends-32-gold-refineries-in-money-laundering-crackdown/

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Hyderabad unit, on Thursday arrested three persons from from Choutuppal on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad national highway for foreign-origin gold smuggling. The officials seized 3.5 kg of gold worth 2.5 crore from their possession.

Acting on a tip-off that smuggled foreign-origin gold was being transported by road from Chennai, officials intercepted three persons travelling in a car at Panthangi toll plaza in Choutuppal.

Cops said the three accused in the car concealed the gold in a specially made cavity under the handbrake, which could be opened through a latch next to the clutch.

Officers found three packages wrapped in brown tape containing five bars of 24 carat gold of 99.5% purity.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/foreign-origin-gold-worth-25-cr-seized-in-hyderabad/articleshow/112208148.cms

Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 10,540 e-cigarettes worth Rs 1.55 crore during a raid at a commercial building in C-scheme area in the city on Thursday.

This is the second major seizure by the DRI in a week, as part of their ongoing operation “Vape Out”. The operation aims to crack down on the illegal smuggling and selling of e-cigarettes in Jaipur.

The seizure was made possible after the interrogation of an accused, Sunil Kumar Sharma, who was arrested earlier with the illegal possession of 8,400 e-cigarettes.

A senior DRI officer said the seizures were a result of their ongoing efforts to curb the illegal trade of e-cigarettes in the city. E-cigarettes are being smuggled into Jaipur from countries like Dubai, Hong Kong and China, he said.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/e-cigarettes-worth-155cr-seized-in-jaipur/articleshow/112209219.cms

Kosigi SEB police, Madhavaram Check Post Staff, and Yemmiganur SEB police seized a car containing 37 boxes of liquor and a autorickshaw with 18 boxes of liquor from Karnataka at Kalludevakunta Cross, Madhavaram Check Post in Mantralayam Mandal on Thursday. In total, 55 boxes of Karnataka liquor, equivalent to 5,280 tetra packets, were recovered. The individuals arrested include Majjiga Ramakrishna, Poli Veeresh, Adoni Sivashankar, Siva Raja, SK Mohammed, and Pinjari Maula. The raid involved Yemmiganur SEB circle-inspector P. Bhargava Reddy, Yemmiganur SEB sub-inspector Satyanarayana, and Kosigi SI Ramesh Babu, along with their staff.

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/karnataka/55-boxes-of-karnataka-liquor-seized-1813805