Delhi: American national of Indian origin held at IGI Airport with 115 gold bars hidden in specially designed beltIn a significant crackdown, customs agents at Delhi's IGI Airport intercepted an American of Indian descent, discovering a staggering 115 g...
16 May, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
DRI, Customs officers to intensify vigil on gold smuggling post import duty hikeRevenue intelligence and customs officials are preparing to tighten surveillance across airports, seaports and land borders after India rai...
13 May, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
Mumbai airport: 30 kg gold worth Rs 38 crore caught by customs from 24 women. Here's how they concealed gold bars and jewelleryThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 29.37 kg of gold worth Rs 37.74 crore and arrested 24 carriers at Mumbai Airport. This...
10 Apr, 2026, 10.26 AM IST
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,...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman applauds Mumbai airport customs for seizing smuggled gold worth Rs 1.48 croreCustoms officials at Mumbai's CSMI Airport seized over 2 kg of smuggled gold worth ₹1.48 crore in two separate incidents. One passenger con...
20 Dec, 2024, 08.44 AM IST
Customs, DRI seize 847 kg of gold worth Rs 544 cr in Apr-Jun: SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reported that Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers seized 847 kg of gold, val...
30 Jul, 2024, 04.22 PM IST
Customs catches Afghan diplomat with 25 kg gold at Mumbai airport concealed in legging, jacket, belt, knee capDRI officials intercepted Zakia Wardak, the consul general of Afghanistan, at Mumbai airport for attempting to smuggle gold worth Rs 18.6 c...
04 May, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
International airports on alert to check gold smugglingCustoms officials have been asked to intensify measures, including minutely scanning suspect passengers and commercial consignments to chec...
22 Oct, 2015, 04.16 PM IST
Airport duty-free shop being used for smuggling goldSmugglers are using the duty-free shop at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here to sneak gold into the country, forcing customs auth...
30 Aug, 2015, 01.06 PM IST
Strict security check of airlines crew to check gold smugglingThe move comes after authorities found either an airline crew or workers of ground handling companies allegedly involved in 80 cases of gol...
23 Aug, 2015, 12.13 PM IST
Gold smuggling through Kerala airports has increased: Ramesh ChennithalaChennithala today said there has been an increase in gold smuggling through the three International airports in the state and there is a ra...
08 Jul, 2015, 08.42 PM IST
Advanced electronic system at airports to check smugglingAn advanced electronic system has been made operational at five international airports across the country to keep tabs on suspicious passen...
01 Jan, 2015, 05.12 PM IST
Gold smuggle: Customs raise vigil as airport staff role emergeOn April 1, Ganpat Shinghade, working at housekeeping services at the airport, was caught with 5 kg of gold by a CISF constable.
07 Dec, 2014, 11.53 AM IST
Restrictions on gold import: Smugglers resort to ingenious methods to sneak in the yellow metalAs long as the restrictions on import of gold remain, there will be no stopping this clandestine flow of the metal, according to authoritie...
27 Jul, 2014, 10.25 AM IST
Intelligence agency sounds 'alert' to check gold smugglingAn alert has been sounded by a financial intelligence agency to all international airports and other transit points within the country to c...
08 Sep, 2013, 12.48 PM IST
Extra vigil to check gold smuggling after import duty hikeFearing spurt in attempts to smuggle gold into the country, financial intelligence agencies and customs department are keeping extra vigil.
15 Aug, 2013, 05.46 PM IST
Steep duty spurs smuggling of goldWith a rise in customs duty on gold imports, smugglers have been resorting to extreme measures to sneak in small amounts of the precious me...
30 Jun, 2013, 06.04 AM IST