A cabin crew member of Air India has been arrested for helping a passenger smuggle 1.7 kg 24-carat gold at the Chennai airport, authorities said today. The cabin crew member and the passenger were intercepted by the officials when they arrived at Chennai on an Air India Flight from Dubai on Sunday. The passenger admitted to handing over the gold to the cabin crew member inside the flight, the customs department said in a statement.
Two booked for selling fake watches
The accused have been identified as Kashinath alias Bapu Prabhakar Chavan, 26, employed as worker at the watch shop and Vinod Jain, 58, who runs the shop in Main Bazar.
The Pimpri-Chinchwad police on Sunday booked two men for allegedly selling counterfeit watches of popular brands in the local market. Authorities seized 400 fake watches from the duo who were nabbed from Diamond Watch Centre in Dehu Road area.The accused have been identified as Kashinath alias Bapu Prabhakar Chavan, 26, employed as worker at the watch shop and Vinod Jain, 58, who runs the shop in Main Bazar. The duo stayed at Dehu Road area.
Illegal trade: ₹66 lakh worth imported cigarettes seized in Delhi, 4 arrested
With the arrest of four persons and seizure of 6.50 lakh cigarette sticks worth ₹66 lakh, Delhi Police has busted a syndicate engaged in the illegal trade of foreign brand cigarettes, a senior police officer said on Sunday.
The four accused have been identified as Anas, Saqib, Sameer Ur Rehman and Sagar Haswani and booked under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar Sain said.
Rs 56.9 lakh counterfeit notes found, 6 arrested as fake currency racket busted
In a major breakthrough, Telangana Police busted a fake currency racket in Kamareddy district on Friday, December 13. The Banswada Town Police intercepted a car during a vehicle check near Koyyagutta, seizing Rs 30 lakh in counterfeit currency and arrested three suspects, Kadapathri Rajagopal, Kolavar Kiran Kumar, and Ramesh Goud.
HC questions lack of local testing infra for mustard oil adulteration
Chandigarh: As cases of food adulteration rise, especially in edible oils, it is surprising that the region, including Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh, has no facility to check different parameters of adulteration in mustard oil. The nearest laboratory to check such parameters is in Nagpur, nearly 1,500 km from Chandigarh. Taking note of this, the Punjab and Haryana high court has now asked the central govt to inform about its present policy and whether there is a proposal for opening other laboratories across the country and if not , why .
Mumbai Airport Gold Smuggling: DRI Seizes Gold Hidden in DJ Lights Worth ₹9.6 Crore
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has uncovered yet another major gold smuggling syndicate in a significant operation at Mumbai Airport. Officials seized gold worth 79.6 crore, hidden inside DJ lights, as part of an intricate smuggling plan. Two individuals have been arrested, and investigations are ongoing. According to DRI sources, intelligence inputs indicated that a consignment of DJ lights arriving at Mumbai’s air cargo complex might contain concealed gold. Acting on this tip-off, the identified consignment was thoroughly inspected.
P72M worth of fake hygiene products seized in Bulacan
A team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) seized P72 million worth of counterfeit products in Bulacan.In John Consulta’s exclusive report on 24 Oras on Thursday, an NBI team discovered several equipment used in making fake shampoos, soaps, and colognes inside a warehouse in the town of Bustos.
In the neighboring municipality of Marilao, authorities raided another warehouse housing fake hygiene products. According to the NBI, these fake products are sold in small establishments and online shops.
Police seize RM 1.4mil in counterfeit goods during Johor Baru raid
JOHOR BARU: Police have confiscated over 400 counterfeit goods worth RM1.4mil during a raid on a premises at Kompleks Austin Perdana.Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar stated that the raid was conducted on Tuesday (Dec 10) at 10.30am by the Johor Special Branch.”During the inspection, five individuals aged between 20 and 47, including the caretaker and employees of the premises, were present.The team discovered counterfeit branded items such as clothing, bags, shoes, hats, belts, and wallets stored at the premises.
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seizes gold worth ₹19.6 crore in Mumbai raid
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has uncovered a gold extraction and refining facility following an intelligence-led operation, seizing 23.92 kilograms of gold, ₹5.4 lakh in cash, and 37 kilograms of silver. The total value of the seized items is estimated at ₹19.6 crore.
The agency arrested the alleged mastermind of the syndicate that operated the facility, which was reportedly used for melting smuggled gold, according to DRI sources.
DRI arrests 3 Mumbai airport staff, three others in gold smuggling racket
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have busted a gold smuggling racket and arrested six people, including three working at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. The agency seized 12.5 kilograms of foreign-origin smuggled gold worth nearly Rs 10 crore, the agency said on Wednesday.
The DRI acted on specific intelligence developed by their Mumbai zone office and found that one Rohan Chavan (20), who works at the Mumbai international airport, was involved in a gold smuggling racket.