Chhattisgarh: 5 held in connection with smuggling of gold
Raipur, May 3 (PTI) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday nabbed five persons in Chhattisgarh”s Rajnandgaon district in connection with the smuggling of foreign origin gold and seized valuables worth Rs 42 crore, officials said.
The Raipur unit of the DRI arrested two persons and apprehended three others in connection with the smuggling of foreign origin gold, an official statement said.
Officials seized 18.18 kg gold, 4545 kg silver and Rs 32.35 lakh, collectively worth Rs 42 crore.
Based on specific inputs, the DRI intercepted two persons while they were carrying foreign origin smuggled gold by train from Kolkata to Rajnandgaon at Raipur, it said.
“Foreign-marked gold bars weighing 13.53 kg were recovered from the duo which was concealed by strapping them with help of cloth on their back,” said officials.
In the follow-up operations, two persons who had come to collect the smuggled gold and the final recipient, a jeweller, were also identified, they added.
Later, a search was carried out at the premises of the said jeweller, which resulted in the recovery of silver weighing 4545 kg and gold bullion and its pieces weighing 4.65 kg, besides Rs 32.35 lakh in cash.
Lear MoreOdisha Police seizes fake currency notes with face value of Rs 7.9 crore
Police on Tuesday seized counterfeit currency notes with a face value of Rs 7.90 crore and arrested three persons in Odisha”s Koraput district during routine checking of vehicles, an officer said.
The personnel of the motor vehicle checking team detained a private car with Chhattisgarh registration number at Sunki outpost under Pottangi police station limits, the officer said.
Three persons including the driver were travelling in the car.
During checking, it was found that there were two bags on the back seat of the car and two other bags in the dickey of the vehicle. On opening the four bags, the police team found bundles of fake currency notes of the denomination of Rs 500, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sunabeda, Niranjan Behera said.
“On being asked, the detainees disclosed that they are coming from Raipur in Chhattisgarh and proceeding towards Visakhapatnam. They also admitted carrying fake currency notes in the bags,” the officer said.
The police team seized fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 7,90,00,000 and arrested the three persons hailing from Janjgir Champa district of Chhattishgarh, he said.
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Maharashtra: Raids conducted in Navi Mumbai, 21 lakh imported cigarettes worth Rs 4 crore seized
On February 28, imported cigarettes worth Rs 4 crore seized from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Navi Mumbai. According to reports, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) acting on specific intelligence, conducted a raid in the Navi region in the ongoing all-out war against drug syndicates.
DRI sleuths conducted a raid on Sunday afternoon after receiving a tip-off regarding the smuggling of cigarettes at JNPT. During the probe, officials found 21,60,000 cigarettes in boxes.
According to the officials, several drug consignments have been seized by the DRI over the recent past. In another incident, based on prior information, the agency seized 18 lakh cigarettes being smuggled into the country, added an official.
According to the Navbharat Times report, the cigarette boxes were deliberately kept unprinted with statutory warnings in order to evade taxes. As per government protocols, 100% tax is levied on imported cigarettes in India.
According to the official, the cigarette boxes did not have any kind of statutory warning printed on the boxes, while further investigations are underway to find out the links. Tobacco products come with a message printed on it warning consumers of the health risks, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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Over 200 iPhones worth Rs 2.8 cr seized from couple at Bengaluru airport
The police told the media that the couple were acting at the behest of a big smuggling racket. Over 200 iPhones worth Rs 2.8 crore were seized at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport on Sunday by Customs officials from a couple. The couple are of Indian origin but are United States passport holders and were detained after the phones were seized from their baggage. They were produced before a magistrate on Sunday who remanded them to judicial custody till March 12.
Officials have dubbed this as one of the biggest seizures at the airport and told the media that the couple were acting at the behest of a big smuggling racket that had strong connections in Bengaluru. The New Indian Express quoted a top official as saying, “The phones were the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max models and their total value is Rs 2,74,19,400. A total of 37 debit and credit cards used in the purchase were also seized from them.” The official added that the scanning of their luggage had led to the seizure.
The middle-aged couple had arrived at the international airport during the wee hours via an Air France flight from Paris. They both flew to France from Mumbai on February 13 allegedly to purchase the consignment there, the Times of India reported.
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Mumbai: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seizes foreign cigarettes worth Rs 4.75 crore being smuggled from Dubai
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized smuggled foreign cigarettes worth Rs 4.75 crore near Nhava Sheva Port.
“Specific intelligence was received by officers of DRI, Mumbai that a large quantity of cigarettes of foreign origin were being attempted to be smuggled into India in an Import consignment arriving from Dubai. Hence, the DRI officers identified the suspected consignment and intercepted it at a container freight station near Nhava Sheva Port,” said a senior officer.
Examination of the said import consignment was done under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 which resulted in the recovery of cigarettes of foreign origin. Total 21,60,000 cigarette sticks of smuggled cigarettes of Gudang Garam valued at Rs. 4,75,20,000 were seized. Declared cargo of wallets was kept in front-side of the container so as to conceal the cigarettes.
According to DRI, the investigation revealed that the aforesaid consignment was imported using Importer Exporter Code (IEC) which has been obtained by misusing KYC documents.
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Two held with liquor worth Rs 39L
Rajkot: The local crime branch of Kutch police seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor worth Rs 39.2 lakh and arrested two persons in a raid at Anjar on Friday night.
Police said that they had received information about the distribution of liquor from a farm in Bhimasar village of Anjar taluka.
Based on the tip-off, cops raided the farm and nabbed Madeva Dangar and Karan Inti, both residents of Anjar taluka. Cops also seized 8,796 bottles of IMFL and 3,360 beer cans.
Police have declared four persons as absconders and seized an SUV used by the accused to transport the liquor.
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₹15 crore worth mobile phones, watches, gold seized by Mumbai Customs
A team from Indian Customs seized high-end mobile phones and other undeclared goods worth ₹15 crore over the weekend which were being smuggled through the postal service.
A total of around 180gm of gold, 1,470 mobile phones, 322 smart-watches, 64 drones, 41 Bluetooth earphones, 391 cigarette sleeves and 36 auto parts, collectively worth around ₹15 crore were seized by the Customs officers.
The seizures were made after officers were tipped off about illegal movements of the goods, which included gold, mobile phones, drones, smart-watches and cigarettes, which were smuggled via post by non-declaration of the items, thus evading the Customs and Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST).
The rummaging &intelligence division of the Preventive Commissionerate (New Customs House) in Ballard Estate conducted an anti-smuggling operation and the first raid was conducted on February 18 at the MIDC post office in Andheri.
Subsequent raids were conducted at Foreign Post Office (FPO) in Ballard Estate, and Air Parcel Sorting Office (APSO) at Vile Parle (East) on February 20 and 21.
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Man held in Meerut for selling fake branded apparel
MEERUT: You name it and he has it — all popular brands specializing in shirts. For four years, Meerut-based Arihant Jain was the go-to person for many across India for their branded apparel needs. He even clocked an annual turnover of over Rs 2 crore all these years with his wide network and extensive marketing through social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp.
However, the dream run came to an end on Friday night, when officials of the Brand Protectors India Private Limited along with local police raided Jain’s showroom and arrested him for selling counterfeit branded apparel. The team also unearthed a large network of distributorship and online marketing of counterfeit apparel.
Jain and a buyer were arrested and booked under IPC section 420 (cheating) and the relevant sections of the Copyright Act. The duo was produced in court on Saturday and both got bail.
Lear MoreCounterfeit LEDs seized in Kupwara, 50, 000 fine recovered
On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Kupwara a joint market inspection was conducted in Kupwara by FCS&CA Department and Legal Metrology Department Kupwara.
An official told news agency KNS that Petrol pumps, grocery stores and electronic goods shops were inspected. During the inspection, counterfeit LEDs including counterfeits of SONY LED, SAMSUNG LED and LG LED were seized and fine worth 50000 also recovered by Legal Metrology Department for violation of Section 11, 18 and Section 36 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 read with the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.
He said that desides, other LEDs that did not adhere to the labelling norms were also seized by Legal Metrology Unit Kupwara and seizure memo was issued against the sellers.
Earlier, Legal Metrology Unit Baramulla also seized counterfeit Sensodyne and Colgate toothpastes from Sopore area of Baramulla District.
He said that further legal proceedings are underway in these cases. Sellers of counterfeit goods are unable to provide valid purchase bills for the goods they are offering for sale.
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Lear MoreUS govt seizes over 10M phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe.
Federal agents have seized more than 10 million fake 3M brand N95 masks in recent weeks, the result of an ongoing investigation into counterfeits sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities and government agencies.
The most recent seizures occurred Thursday when Homeland Security agents intercepted hundreds of thousands of counterfeit 3M masks in an East Coast warehouse that were set to be distributed, officials said.
Investigators also notified about 6,000 potential victims in at least 12 states including hospitals, medical facilities and others who may have unknowingly purchased knockoffs, urging them to stop using the medical-grade masks. Officials encouraged medical workers and companies to go to 3Ms website for tips on how to spot fakes.
“Not only do they give a false sense of security, how dangerous is the exposed individual without any protective gear? They have no utility whatsoever,” Homeland Security Secretary Ali Mayorkas said of the fake masks.
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