"gold-smuggling"

In Hyderabad, a rising number of women are being arrested for smuggling hydroponic ganja, lured by the promise of big money from drug cartels. In two separate incidents at RGI Airport in the past fortnight, women were caught carrying large quantities of the substance, having traveled through international routes such as Dubai and Bangkok.

Kannada actress Ranya Rao has been sentenced to one year in prison under COFEPOSA for alleged gold smuggling. Despite earlier bail on technical grounds, she remains in custody after 14.2 kg of gold was seized at Bengaluru airport in March

The foreign origin gold was being handed over to the ground handling staff at the RGI Airport by the alleged smuggler when on a tip off the DRI caught him

The 21st Director General-Level Talks on Customs Cooperation was held between India and Nepal in Kathmandu on April 10-11, 2025

Kannada actress Ranya Rao's bail application was rejected by Bengaluru Sessions Court, in gold smuggling case 

The statement was recorded before the senior Intelligence officer at the arrival hall of Kempe Gowda International Airport, Bengaluru, under Section 108 of Customs Act, 1962 on March 4.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Hyderabad seized 1390 grams of gold worth more than Rs 1 crore from a passenger who was trying to smuggle it through the RGI Airport.

The DRI team in Hyderabad seized 3.57 kg of smuggled gold worth Rs 2.51 crore from a car at Panthangi toll plaza and detained the driver.

Officials say the syndicate was involved in smuggling of 267 kg of gold worth Rs 167 crore from Sri Lanka during the last two months

The passenger arrived from Abu Dhabi by a flight and had concealed the gold powder in his private parts after wrapping it in small covers.

The passenger who arrived from Dubai had converted gold into wire form and tried to smuggle it

A Directorate of Revenue Intelligence release said eight persons were arrested in this connection, including five women comprising four Kenyans and a Tanzanian who were used as carriers of the smuggled gold

Customs officials said, "On the basis of profiling done by the officers of the Airport Intelligence Unit, a passenger named Faijas from Kozhikode, arrived from Dubai to Cochin International Airport by flight 6E 095

During the examination of the said passenger, gold in the form of paste concealed in a pocket stitched separately on his underwear was found, officials said.

The AI Unit of customs department caught a passenger who attempted to smuggle gold at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) Shamshabad.

According to the custom officials, two passengers who arrived from Kuwait and Sharjah were smuggling the gold by concealing in undergarments

CISF arrested a man at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here for smuggling 1,597 gm gold

The passenger who arrived by a flight from Dubai via Muscat had concealed two gold rods weighing around 224 grams in the handle of a trolley bag

The accused who arrived from Bangkok to Bengaluru by Indigo flight, concealed in his slippers 1.2 kg gold.

Air India Express said the cabin crew of Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi flight was apprehended by the Customs sleuths has been placed on suspension with immediate effect.