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
Narcotic smuggling threat persistent, syndicates exploiting courier, e-comm shipment: CBIC chiefNarcotics and gold smuggling continue to pose significant challenges for India. Transnational syndicates are actively using couriers, e-com...
04 Dec, 2025, 12.29 PM IST
Gold worth Rs 800 crore smuggled into India from LAC over 2 years: EDA major gold smuggling operation has been uncovered. The Enforcement Directorate is investigating the racket across the India-China border....
09 Sep, 2025, 07.26 PM IST
Passenger held with Rs 6.3 crore gold hidden in his shoes at Mumbai airportDRI officials at Mumbai airport apprehended a passenger arriving from Bangkok, discovering 6.7 kg of concealed gold bars worth Rs 6.3 crore...
13 Apr, 2025, 08.30 AM IST
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...
02 Apr, 2025, 09.06 PM IST
Ranya Rao gold smuggling case: Who is helping her? Syndicate, cops, or someone more powerful? Police, DRI dig deeper for answersSandalwood actress Ranya Rao was arrested at Bengaluru airport for allegedly smuggling 14.8kg of gold. Authorities, citing national securit...
07 Mar, 2025, 09.23 AM IST
Air India passenger arrested at Delhi Airport after refusing in-flight food during 5-hour flightAn Air India passenger was arrested at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for smuggling gold worth ₹69 lakh. His suspicious behavi...
17 Jul, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
YouTuber earns Rs 3 cr in 2 months running gold smuggling racket at Chennai airport, arrestedA Chennai airport souvenir shop was used by a gold smuggling syndicate to smuggle 267 kg of gold worth Rs 167 crore. A former YouTuber, and...
03 Jul, 2024, 06.55 PM IST
Four Indigo, Spicejet airlines staff among 7 persons arrested for gold smuggling, says CustomsDelhi Airport customs busted a gold smuggling ring arresting 7 persons (2 pax caught with live consignment & 1 pax along with 4 airline sta...
24 Jul, 2021, 04.10 PM IST
30 kg gold sent in diplomatic baggage seized in Kerala; misuse of immunity by syndicate suspected: CustomsSome 'scamsters' suspected to be members of a "certain syndicate" had been nabbed and investigations were on while the person in whose name...
05 Jul, 2020, 08.31 PM IST
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...
07 Nov, 2019, 12.54 PM IST
Customs stays order revoking DHL registrationThe registration had been cancelled by the commissioner of customs, New Delhi, after investigations revealed that a gold smuggling syndicat...
17 Aug, 2019, 07.39 AM IST
66 kg gold worth Rs 21 crore seized by Directorate of Revenue IntelligenceFour persons have been arrested and four cars used in smuggling have been seized, the agency said in a statement.
08 Dec, 2018, 05.42 PM IST
Arrested Jet Airways crew part of global hawala racket: DRIThe DRI officials intercepted the woman when she was on a flight to Hong Kong yesterday, the agency said in a statement.
12 Jan, 2018, 09.33 AM IST
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.
19 Sep, 2016, 03.49 PM IST
Newly married couples being used as carriers to smuggle goldSmuggling syndicates are luring newly married couples to sneak gold into the country as part of a new modus operandi to avoid suspicion of ...
20 Sep, 2015, 01.08 PM IST
Poor Afghans being lured to smuggle gold?Zaza spoke about his poverty-ridden family back in his country and said that he was left with no other option but to indulge in smuggling t...
06 Apr, 2015, 05.42 PM IST