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Kempegowda gold bust: DRI seizes Rs 5 crore of gold after uncovering a international smuggling ring at Bengaluru airportThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has busted an international gold smuggling network at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport,...
Gold Smuggling Case: How Ranya Rao was guided by a jeweller to dispose off 49.6 kg of gold worth Rs 40 croreKannada actress Ranya Rao, with jeweller Sahil Jain's help, smuggled and disposed of 49.6 kg of gold worth Rs 40.14 crore. Jain, who facili...
Ranya Rao gold smuggling case: Court sends accused Sahil Jain to 14-day judicial custodyRanya Rao Gold smuggling case | The Special Court for Economic Offenses has sent Sahil Jain, the third accused in the Ranya Rao Gold Smuggl...
Gold Smuggling case: Govt sends DGP Rao on compulsory leave days after ordering probeSenior IPS officer DGP K Ramachandra Rao has been placed on compulsory leave due to his alleged involvement in arranging protocol for his d...
Significant reduction in gold smuggling post July import duty cut: CBIC ChiefGold smuggling in India has significantly decreased since July 2024 due to a reduction in import duty from 15% to 6%. Customs and DRI offic...
Northeast’s arms smuggling routes now turn goldenArms smuggling took a hit with the decline in insurgency after 2013-14, the DRI report said. “But as the routes and the network of carriers...
Myanmar, Bangladesh new favoured route for gold smugglersDRI seized 212 kilos of contraband gold in Mumbai in fiscal year 2019 (FY19) and, in the current fiscal to date, the tally in the city stan...
DRI busts China-based syndicate involved in smuggling gold to India, seizes over 21 kg goldThree people, including a Chinese and a Taiwanese national, have been arrested in connection with the case, the statement issued by the Dir...
Smugglers take sea route to bring in goldOther entities have also been smuggling it in under the guise of machinery imports recently.
DRI busts gold smuggling racket worth Rs 2,000 croreThe syndicate was smuggling the gold through Indo-Myanmar land border and then bringing it to Delhi and other locations in domestic flights.
DRI tells airlines to do pre-hiring checks to prevent gold smugglingThe agency found that smugglers from the Middle East preferred to pay female airhostesses more since they were less likely to come under su...
2 crew members of UK-based airline held for gold smugglingTwo crew members of UK-based Virgin Atlantic airline have been arrested by DRI officials for allegedly trying to smuggle in gold valued abo...
Police seizes record haul of smuggled gold outside airport in AhmedabadThe arrest is likely to strengthen pressure on FM Jaitley to cut the gold import duty from a record-high 10 percent in his budget on Saturd...
Over three-fold increase in gold smuggling; airports on alertAn alert has been issued by DRI, the lead agency to check smuggling and customs duty evasion, to all international transit points across th...
Four-time jump in gold smuggling; Rs 245 crore gold seized in 2013-14As many as 40 cases of gold smuggling were registered in 2012-13. The value of gold seized in these cases was about Rs 44.80 crore, accordi...
Gold haul up 5-fold to Rs 565 crore in 2013-14Sources said the value of gold actually smuggled could be over 10-20 times this amount. Some estimates put seizures at 1-2% of actual smugg...
DRI asks Air India to check gold smuggling by its staffWorried over instances of gold smuggling by some AI staffers, the Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence has asked them to take necess...