Man jailed in Kolkata for smuggling fake currency notes
A special NIA court in the city sentenced a man on Monday to five years in jail for smuggling fake Indian currency notes, an official said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on Ketabul SK of Malda district in north Bengal after convicting him of the relevant offences under the Indian Penal Code, the official of the premier investigation agency said.
The case was originally registered in north Bengal’s Murshidabad district in July 2018 following the seizure of the fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 1,92,000, the official said.
The NIA had re-registered the case in August 2018 and filed chargesheets against three accused in October 2018 and December 2018, the official said.
Two accused were already convicted earlier in December 2021, the official added.
Lear MoreMan jailed for 5 years for smuggling fake currency notes
Kolkata, Feb 28 (PTI) A special NIA court here sentenced a man on Monday to five years in jail for smuggling fake Indian currency notes, an official said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on Ketabul S K of West Bengal’s Malda district after convicting him of the relevant offences under the Indian Penal Code, the official of the premier investigation agency said.
The case was originally registered in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district in July 2018 following the seizure of the FICN having a face value of Rs 1,92,000, the official said.
The NIA had re-registered the case in August 2018 and filed charge-sheets against three accused in October 2018 and December 2018, the official said.
Two accused were already convicted earlier in December 2021, the official added.
https://theprint.in/india/man-jailed-for-5-years-for-smuggling-fake-currency-notes/852740/
Lear MoreCounterfeit currency of face value Rs 26 lakh seized last year: Delhi Police
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS): The Delhi Police’s anti-terror unit, the Special Cell, was successful in recovering Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of the face value of Rs 25,89,000 during 2021, officials said.
The recovery of such massive amounts of counterfeit currency in one year came even five years after demonetisation, which was, at that time, termed a ‘hammer stroke’ against the menace of fake currency.
As many as 13 counterfeiters were also arrested. According to the Special Cell officials, the recovered FICN primarily belonged to the currency denominations of Rs 2000, 500, 200, and 100 and were of high to medium quality.
In the past one year, the most notable achievement of the unit in this field was the apprehension of notorious counterfeiters Sheikh Shehzad and Habib-ur-Rehman under the provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and seizure of high quality FICN of the face value of Rs 2,16,000 in their possession.
India got a breather for just one-year post demonetisation, during which there were very few reports of the circulation of fake Indian notes.
https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=931322
Lear MoreMen jailed for cigarette smuggling after getting caught at Dover docks
Video footage reveals the moment a smuggler realised he was going to be caught after being pulled over in Dover.
Panic can be heard in Thomas Coulton’s voice as he told his companion “these are going to be all over us” in reference to Border Force officials who stopped him after arriving in the county on a ferry from France.
He had been attempting to smuggle two million cigarettes into the country – which would have evaded duty totalling £615,805.He has now been jailed for two-and-a-half years following an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Coulton, from Morecambe in Lancaster, owned Heysham-based Tommy’s Removals and Storage company and had travelled to Brittany in France with his employee Reece Fox, 20, to collect the contents of a house move.
But they had taken a detour to Tamines, in Belgium on their return to the UK to pick up the cigarettes, an investigation found.They were stopped by Border Force at the Port of Dover’s Eastern Docks on February 27, 2019 after disembarking a ferry.
Lear MoreSpecial police staff bust racket of smuggling cigarettes from Dubai, arrest one person, seize cigarettes worth Rs 20 lakh
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Special police staff of the Central district on Wednesday busted a racket of smuggling cigarettes from Dubai, arrested an accused and seized 2,040 packets of cigarettes worth Rs 20 lakh.
The accused was identified as Faizan, 36, son of Intakhab Mirza , resident of Farashkhana, Delhi.
Police had received a tip off on February 22 that a person involved in the smuggling of imported cigarettes will come to the Bus Stand Minto Road, Delhi. At about 6:40 am, acting upon the secret information, a team of special staff apprehended Faizan from the Bus Stand, Minto Road and seized 2,040 packets of cigarettes from his possession. Preliminary enquiry revealed that the cigarettes were illegally smuggled from Dubai.
Police registered an FIR under section 7/20 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Product Act 2003 at PS Kamla Market, Delhi.
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Food Safety Department seizes 24,000 bottles of expired soft drinks in Chennai
A team of officials of the Food Safety Department on Monday raided a godown at Pulianthope and seized nearly 24,000 bottles of branded soft drinks that had expired in 2020 and 2021 but were being distributed to shops and TASMAC bars. The raid led the team to a soft drink manufacturing unit in Perambur which had violated manufacturing protocols.
- Satheesh Kumar, designated officer, Food Safety Department, Chennai, who led the four-member team, said based on information that expired beverages were stocked and supplied from the godown, they raided the facility being operated on the erstwhile Binny Mills premises in Pulianthope.
“We found 24,315 bottles of branded soft drinks that had crossed the expiry dates. Some bottles had expiry dates in 2020, while the majority had expired in 2021. They had mixed and kept some bottles that had not crossed the expiry date. This godown is one of the main distribution units,” he said.
“On inquiry, we obtained information that more than to shops, these expired beverages were supplied to TASMAC bars,” he said.
Lear More2 Held At IGI Airport With Liquid Gold, Foreign Cigarettes
The Customs department has arrested two persons from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here for smuggling foreign origin cigarettes valued at Rs 9,54,000 and gold worth Rs 12 lakh.
According to a senior official, the accused, both Indian nationals, reached Terminal 3 from Sharjah on February 17 and were intercepted for their suspicious behaviour.
“The personal and baggage search of both the passengers resulted in the recovery of 636 foreign origin cigarettes and gold valued at Rs 9.54 lakh and Rs 12.20 lakh, respectively. The gold was concealed in their undergarments in liquid form,” officials said.
The said gold and cigarettes were seized under Section 110 of the Customs Act and the accused were arrested under Section 104 of the Act.
After being produced beore the court, the duo was remanded to judicial custody.
https://ahmedabadmirror.com/2-held-at-igi-airport-with-liquid-gold-foreign-cigarettes/81821940.html
Lear MoreForeign cigarettes seized at Hyderabad airport
HYDERABAD: The Customs officials nabbed an air passenger from Dubai for smuggling 80,000 cigarette sticks worth Rs 9 lakh at RGIA in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Officials recovered the sticks from the passenger’s bag.
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Factory of counterfeit products unearthed
The police have unearthed a factory manufacturing and selling counterfeit products of popular household items like Harpic toilet cleaner, Dettol soap and Tata salt among others.
Two persons were arrested in this connection, the police said. They have been identified as factory manager Vicky and salesman Joginder. They will be produced in a local court tomorrow.
Inspector Lalit Kumar, SHO, Chandimandir police station, said they had received a complaint in this regard. Acting on it, they conducted a raid at the factory in Beer Ghaggar village in Chandimandir today.
Finished goods and raw material in large quantities were recovered from the factory, he said, adding that two people were arrested at the spot.
Among the counterfeit items recovered were 182 empty wrappers and 374 filled packets of Tata salt, 180 empty and 525 filled bottles of Harpic toilet cleaner, 500 Dettol soaps and 300 empty and 177 filled bottles of Dabur rose water.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/factory-of-counterfeit-products-unearthed-370593
Lear MoreKey accused in Rs 12 crore cigarette smuggling held
MUMBAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a key accused in the smuggling of imported cigarettes worth Rs 12 crore by mis-declaring them as dates.
Akram Salim Stampwala (33), a resident of Mumbra, was on the run since the DRI in June 2021 busted the smuggling syndicate.
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