Mizoram : Foreign Cigarettes Worth Rs 1.30 Crores Seized In Champhai
In a major haul of smuggled items, the Assam Rifles have recently confiscated a massive stash of illicit foreign-origin cigarettes from Champhai District with an estimated market value of Rs 1.30 Crores.
According to official sources, the Serchhip Battalion of the paramilitary troop recently recovered 100 Cases of foreign-origin cigarettes from General Area Zote in Champhai District of Mizoram.
Taking to Twitter, the official handle of Assam Rifles wrote “Serchhip Battalion of #AssamRifles, recovered 100 Cases of foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 1.30 Crores in General Area Zote, Champhai District, Mizoram.”
Lear MoreForeign currencies, electronic goods seized at Chennai airport; 3 held
Chennai, Apr 22 (PTI): Foreign currencies equivalent to Rs 1.95 crore, gold foils, cigarettes and electronic goods worth Rs 43.92 lakh have been seized at the airport here in two separate incidents, and three passengers arrested in this connection, the Customs Department said on Friday.
In the first incident on Thursday, the Customs officials intercepted some passengers bound for various destinations, including Dubai, and Colombo, and confiscated the currencies concealed in their rectum and in the hand baggage.
Two passengers, belonging to Chennai, were arrested, said a Customs Department press release.
In the second incident, the officials seized the gold foils, cigarettes and electronic goods from a passenger who arrived here from Dubai on Friday. He was arrested and an investigation was on, the release said.
Lear MoreGoa: Goods worth Rs 25 lakh seized as cops bust interstate burglary racket
Pernem police has busted an interstate burglary racket with arrest of two persons and recovery of electronic items worth Rs 25 lakh.
According to Pernem police, there had been continuous burglaries reported from different places like Ashwem, Morjim, Mandrem and Arambol in the last two months, where burglars used to target foreign and Indian tourists by stealing their valuable items like laptops, Ipad, cameras, mobile phones, cash, etc.
Pernem police said they were continuously on track to nab the culprits, however they used to change the places.
During investigation, police received inputs that the accused persons are from Kerala and Karnataka, and sought the assistance of the Karnataka and Kerala Police. Pernem police then arrested Lathif Khan (28) and K S Azeez (46).
Police investigations revealed that the accused would break open locks of the main door or by entering from the windows at night. They would flee with the stolen electronic items to Karnataka and Kerala.
During the interstate operation, Pernem Police recovered the stolen properties like 13 laptops and MacBooks, 15 mobile phones of different brands, 2 tabs and three cameras of different brands and other articles, all worth Rs 25 lakh.
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Duo nabbed with smuggled items worth RM200,000
PASIR MAS: The General Operations Force (GOF) nabbed two men for smuggling imitation jeans, women’s handbags and sandals worth more than RM200,000 last night.
The lorry driver and his attendant were arrested at the Tasik Raja wet market here.
GOF Seventh Battalion commanding officer Superintendent AzhariNusi said the GOF members were on their routine rounds at the area when they spotted the lorry about 7.30pm.
They directed the lorry driver to stop the vehicle and upon checking, the GOF found several boxes containing the jeans, handbags and sandals.
“They later detained the 29-year-old and his 35-year-old assistant,” he said in a statement.
Azhari said initial investigations showed that the items were smuggled from Thailand via an illegal jetty at the border.
“We suspect the smuggled items will be distributed to suppliers in Kota Baru areas,” he said.
He added that both men also admitted that they were paid RM1,800 to send the goods to their destination.
https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2022/04/790291/duo-nabbed-smuggled-items-worth-rm200000
Lear MoreRs 7 Lakh Worth Of Fake Currency Notes Recovered In Guwahati
GUWAHATI: Police on Tuesday, April 19, recovered fake Indian currency with a face value of Rs 7 lakh from the Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in Guwahati. One person has been arrested in this connection.
The arrested person has been identified as Kinder M Sangma, a resident of South Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
“A WGPD team from Gorchuk PS arrested one Kinder M Sangma of South Garo Hills, Meghalaya with FICN worth ₹7 lakhs at ISBT today. Further investigation is on and legal action has been initiated,” the Guwahati Police announced on Twitter.
The accused was reportedly in the process of leaving Guwahati in a bus for Tura in Meghalaya when he was arrested. Police recovered the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs 7 lakh during a search of his belongings.
Lear MoreGold and electronic goods worth Rs 60.16 lakh seized at Chennai airport
CHENNAI: Air customs sleuths seized gold weighing 606 gram from a passenger, who arrived from Sharjah, and from the driver of a battery operated shuttle vehicle at Chennai airport on Sunday. The two people were arrested.
Following a tip-off, customs officials intercepted the passenger who arrived here in an Air Arabia flight on Saturday. A check revealed that he had hidden gold inside electronics. The passenger had concealed the gold in refurbished mobile phones, along with various electronic goods.
A total of 475 gram of gold was seized from a driver. The gold was handed over to him by an unknown passenger who arrived from Colombo in an Air India flight. Gold weighing 1.08 kg and electronic goods worth Rs 60.16 lakh were seized.
Lear MoreSmugglers still prefer trains for transportation
GUWAHATI: Trains continue to be a preferred mode of transportation of contraband goods for smugglers, and this fact is borne out by data shared by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP). According to the data, apart from narcotic substances, the smuggled items include gold, foreign cigarettes, foreign garments, areca nuts etc.
According to the GRP, around 3,000 packets of contraband foreign cigarettes were seized in 2021 from various railway stations of the State, which marked a sharp increase from the 390 packets seized in 2020. However, the low amount of seizures could be attributed to the severe COVID-19 situation. The corresponding figure for 2019 was 4,410 packets of foreign cigarettes.
The GPF also seized 10,318.44 gm of gold in 2019, followed by 3,103.03 gm in 2020 and 583.330 gm in 2021. On the other hand, the RPF seized around 2.22 lakh sticks of contraband foreign cigarettes from the Guwahati Railway Station in 2021 alone. This apart, the RPF also seize foreign garments worth around Rs 6 lakh in 2021.
https://www.sentinelassam.com/topheadlines/smugglers-still-prefer-trains-for-transportation-587879
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Smuggled goods seized from train
LAHORE:Railway police raided the Jaffar Express at Lahore railway station and seized 69 cartons of smuggled goods worth Rs4.1 million.
Police officials said the smuggled goods brought from Quetta included foreign cigarettes, chocolates, biscuits, betel nut, naswar and aphrodisiacs.
They said Railway Police Inspector General Faisal Shahkar had ordered action after receiving a tip that non-customs-paid goods worth millions of rupees were being brought from Quetta on Jaffar Express.
Railway Police SHO Irfan Ashraf raided the luggage coach of the train and seized 69 cartons of goods estimated to be worth Rs4.1 million that had been brought to Lahore from Quetta.
The IG of Railway police said after the raid that action would be taken again the use of trains in any illegal activity, including smuggling.
In August last year, the railway police foiled a bid to smuggle Rs9.4 million worth of counterfeit currency and chemicals used in their production after arresting four suspects.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2352964/smuggled-goods-seized-from-train
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Italian Financial Police Seize 82 Tonnes of Counterfeit Cigarettes
Italian police seized 82 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes and arrested one person during a raid of an abandoned factory in the industrial area of Pomezia, close to Rome, where officers found machinery and materials for the production of cigarettes and several foreign workers, including a number of Ukrainian refugees.
Pomezia is known for high volumes of mafia activity. Thursday’s seizure is one of the largest in counterfeit cigarettes in Italy in recent years, with 44 tonnes of them already packaged and 38 tonnes of tobacco still to be processed. It has all been submitted for destruction.
The value of the seizure is estimated at well over 19 million euros (US$21 million) in tax evasion.
Authorities said that the 10 workers they found were Russians, Moldovans, and Ukrainians who were forced to work under extreme conditions, including long hours, unventilated space, and no windows.
Several local institutions have made accommodation available to the exploited workers since the raid took place.
Police said the individual they arrested is the owner of the illegal factory. The investigation showed that the suspect has a prior record of smuggling, counterfeiting, illicit intermediation, and labour exploitation charges.
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Fake cosmetics manufacturing unit busted in Faridabad, two arrested
A team of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Department has busted a factory manufacturing and supplying counterfeit cosmetic products of some well-known brands here. Two persons have been arrested in this connection.
An FDA official said finished goods and raw material worth Rs50 lakh was recovered from the unit. He said the racket surfaced after a raid was carried out by the FDA team last night at house NMo. 634, Sector 62, here on the basis of tip-off and inputs.
The unit located on the house premises was illegally manufacturing cosmetic items under the brand name of Lakme and Fitme of Hindustan Uniliver (HUL).
Karan Godara, Senior Drug Control Officer (SDCO), who led the team, said the department had been following illegal activities in the area for the past few months.
A raid finally met with success with the arrest of the two main accused manufacturing spurious cosmetics, he said. A huge cache of fake products manufactured during the past six months was recovered from the unit, he said.
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