3-year-old gold smuggling racket busted at Delhi’s IGI Airport
NEW DELHI: Customs at Indira Gandhi International Airport has busted a nearly three-year-old gold smuggling racket and arrested three men — the carrier, the collector and the supplier — all in the past two weeks.
The officials said they were alerted about the racket when the carrier was arrested on December 15. Using a new modus operandi to evade the cops, the accused had painted the gold plate silver and stuck it to the side of the trolley. To make the plate blend in further, stickers, which are commonly used on trolleys, were pasted on top of the plate.
Officials said the man was crucial in busting the racket, as he helped to find the gold and nab the other men.
An official said, on the day of the arrest, the man appeared to be walking suspiciously and was seen putting something in his trolley. “Upon inspection, one side of the trolley appeared to be new, while the trolley looked old. The plate had been freshly painted, and when the surface was scrapped, it was found to be 1.5kg gold, worth Rs 74.8 lakh,” said the official.
Contraband goods worth Rs 74 lakhs seized in Tripura
West Tripura (Tripura) [India], January 2 (ANI): The security forces seized a total of 493 Kilograms of various contraband goods worth Rs 74 lakhs in a joint operation in the West Tripura district of Tripura, Assam Rifles said on Saturday.
The joint operation was carried out by Assam Rifles along with Director Revenue Intelligence and Customs Department. Contraband is commonly defined as goods prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
“A joint operation by Assam Rifles along with Director Revenue Intelligence and Customs Department in Tripura yielded 493 Kilograms of various contraband goods, the worth of which, is around Rs 74 lakhs. The goods were seized in Simna in West Tripura district,” Assam Rifles said in a tweet.
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CISF Nabs 2 Persons At IGI Airport, Seizes Foreign Currency Worth Rs 28 Lakh
A Dubai-bound Indian passenger and his associate were apprehended by the CISF at the Delhi airport on Wednesday for allegedly smuggling about Rs 28 lakh worth Saudi Riyals, a senior official said.
Mohammed Fared was intercepted during security checks at the terminal-III of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
A total of 1.47 lakh Saudi Riyals worth Rs 28 lakh was recovered from his bag, they said.
A man, identified as Asif, who dropped the passenger outside the departure terminal, was also nabbed by the security personnel.
“Both of them have been handed over to Customs authorities for a full investigation. The passenger could not answer satisfactorily as to why was he carrying this huge amount of currency,” a senior Central Industrial Security Force officer said.
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Chennai: Airport Employee, Passenger From Dubai Held For Gold Smuggling
They said the security personnel found that the passenger, Niyamatullah Hadi, was behaving in a suspicious manner as he entered a bathroom located in the airport terminal soon after 8 AM.
A software engineer working at the Chennai airport and a passenger who arrived from Dubai were apprehended on Monday for allegedly smuggling gold bars worth Rs 1.5 crore, the CISF said.
They said the security personnel found that the passenger, Niyamatullah Hadi, was behaving in a suspicious manner as he entered a bathroom located in the airport terminal soon after 8 AM.
The passenger had landed from Dubai on an Emirates flight.
Security personnel intercepted Nizhal Ravi, a software engineer working with a company called Infosoft Digital Design & Services Pvt Ltd at the airport, after he exited the washroom “in a doubtful manner”, the CISF said in a statement.
Lear MoreGold worth Rs 96 lakh seized at Hyderabad airport
The customs officials on Saturday seized gold bars and jewellery worth Rs 96 from a woman who arrived from Dubai at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad.
The gold bars weighed 1.4 kg (worth Rs 67 lakh) and the jewellery weighed 593.55 (worth Rs 28.2 lakh) were found in the woman’s baggage during a routine customs check. The customs officials seized the smuggled goods under the provisions of the customs act, 1962 and further investigation has been launched.
A week ago, the foreign currency of Rs 33 lakh was seized by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) from a passenger trying to fly to Sharjah from the Hyderabad airport. The currency comprised US dollars, Omani Riyal, Saudi Riyal and Qatari Riyal.
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4 arrested for selling wheat flour using Jio trademark in Gujarat’s Surat.
Four people have been arrested in Surat of Gujarat for selling whole wheat flour using the Jio trademark. The Gujarat Police said the four people were arrested following a complaint.
Police said Reliance Jio had filed a complaint against a company stating that it was selling whole wheat flour using Jio’s trademark.
“Reliance Jio has filed a complaint at Sachin Police Station in Surat stating that a company named Ram Krishna Tradelink was selling wheat flour using Jio trademark,” Vidhi Chaudhari, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Surat (Zone 3) told ANI.
She said a case has been registered under the Trademark Act based on the complaint and four accused have been arrested in the matter.
Lear MoreGutka, Tobacco Products Seized In Telangana’s Rangareddy; One Held
Rangareddy (Telangana) [India], December 23 (ANI): One person was held after Rs 45 lakhs worth various brands of Gutka and other tobacco products including manufacturing and processing equipment were seized at Rangareddy district here.
On Tuesday evening, acting on specific information, the sleuths of Special Operations Team (SOT), LB Nagar Zone along with the Police Balapur raided on the illegal Gutka and other tobacco manufacturing unit located in Mallapur area under the limits of Balapur Police Station, apprehended the accused Mohd. Lateef Khan and seized the various brands of Gutka and other tobacco products along with its manufacturing & processing equipment all worth about Rs 45,00,000 from his possession.
The accused Mohammed Latheef Khan (35) auto driver by occupation, and resident of Balaji Nagar, Mallapur Village, Balapur Mandal, Rangareddy district is habitual in manufacturing and selling the banned Gutka and other tobacco products.
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One held for manufacturing, supplying fake fertilisers in Madhya Pradesh
JABALPUR: A man has been arrested here for allegedly manufacturing and supplying fake fertilisers and pesticides of branded firms in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Tuesday.
The police nabbed Mayank Khatri from neighbouring Narsinghpur district on Monday night, additional superintendent of police G P Khandel said.
The accused had been absconding following a joint raid conducted by officials from the agriculture, tax departments and district administration at a godown near Khajri-Khiriya bypass, the official said.
A huge quantity of coal dust, marble rock powder, salt and chemicals, besides plastic bags bearing names of branded firms were seized during the raid, he said.
The equipment used in production including weighing and packaging machines were also seized in the raid, he said.
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1m fake Viagra pills, designer goods seized in Los Angeles
US customs officers in Los Angeles have intercepted a big haul of counterfeit Viagra tablets, along with fake designer wear, car emblems and headphones, in three containers arriving from China.
The haul included 1m falsified 100mg tablets of Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction treatment in 30 count bottles as well as a wide range of counterfeit bags, shoes and belts claiming to be genuine Louboutin, Dior, Nike, Versace, Fendi, Burberry and Louis Vuitton items, and knock-off Beats by Dr Dre headphones.
Viagra and other ED drugs have been a perennial target for counterfeiters, seeking to cash in on the reluctance of some men to approach their doctors for a prescription.
There have also been reports of increasing use of ED drugs by young men seeking to improve sexual performance, or to offset the libido-sapping effects of some recreational drugs.
If genuine, the total value of the seized goods would have been worth upwards of $32m, and were likely destined for sale to unsuspecting consumers in the built-up to Christmas. The three containers were searched on arrival at the LA/Long Beach Seaport.
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Counterfeit beauty products bad for the body and for business.
This week the IP Key South-East Asia (SEA) project, funded by the European Union (EU), launched the second phase of the “Your Health Is Priceless” campaign to promote consumer awareness and avoidance of counterfeit cosmetics and personal care products, including beauty goods such as skincare and face injections.
The cosmetic sector in Cambodia is projected to reach $13 million this year with the average person expected to spend around $9.60 on self-care products. But with the market growing there are more fake and dangerous products being put into circulation as scammers look to make a quick buck. Unscrupulous business practices, such as fraud in quality, quantity and price gouging put consumers at considerable risk. Counterfeit products are addressed as a serious problem in the Kingdom and are routinely confiscated and disposed of by burning throughout the year.
In November the government destroyed 540.7 tonnes of counterfeit medicines, cosmetics and other products that had been seized throughout the year, the Cambodia Counter-Counterfeit Committee reported. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), at least 63 percent of the world’s fake goods originate from China.
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