Operation Numkhor: Customs carry out raid to curb illegal vehicle imports to Kerala from BhutanCustoms officials are conducting raids across Kerala. The operation, named 'Operation Numkhor', aims to uncover tax evasion. Authorities su...
23 Sep, 2025, 11.59 AM IST
Air India Express assures stern action against its cabin crew after gold smuggling charge"A member of the crew on an Air India Express flight IX 474 has been taken into custody following an incident involving smuggling. The said...
09 Mar, 2023, 01.57 PM IST
Air India cabin crew caught smuggling gold under their uniform. Read hereShafi Sharaf, a member of the Air India cabin crew, was caught in Kerala for attempting to smuggle gold. After arriving in Kochi from Bahra...
09 Mar, 2023, 12.34 PM IST
Kerala gold-smuggling case: NIA files chargesheet against 20 accusedThe case pertains to the seizure of 30 kg of gold worth Rs 14.82 crore on July 5 last year from a diplomatic baggage at the air cargo of th...
05 Jan, 2021, 07.06 PM IST
Gold smuggling: Swapna Suresh claims some people threatened her in judicial custodyIn the application filed before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court (Economic Offences) Ernakulam, Suresh alleged while she was ...
08 Dec, 2020, 09.38 PM IST
Kerala gold smuggling case: Court allows Customs plea seeking 7 day extension of custody of SivasankarIn its plea, the Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate on Monday claimed that key accused Swapna Suresh, during her custodial interrogation,...
01 Dec, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Gold smuggling case: Kerala court grants Customs custody of M SivasankarThe Customs had claimed that the key accused in the gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, has revealed that Sivasankar was in the know and ha...
25 Nov, 2020, 02.27 PM IST
Customs arrest suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar in Kerala gold smuggling caseSources said the sleuths from the Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate visited the jail where Sivasankar is presently lodged here after bei...
24 Nov, 2020, 12.42 PM IST
Kerala gold smuggling case: Man arrested in Kochi upon arrival from UAEInvestigation in the case has revealed that Hameed, while being in the UAE and India, had conspired with the arrested accused Ramees K T, J...
26 Oct, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
Kerala HC restrains Customs from arresting Sivasankar till October 23In his petition, Sivasankar submitted that Customs officials, who arrived at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday last, to serve n...
19 Oct, 2020, 04.15 PM IST
Gold smuggling case: Swapna Suresh complains of uneasiness, hospitalisedSwapna, who is a former employee of the UAE consulate in the state capital, is among the four accused booked by the National Investigation ...
08 Sep, 2020, 02.23 PM IST
Gilt trip: High taxation on gold is meant to curb imports, but all it does is boost smugglingWhile the yellow metal is smuggled into the country fairly regularly, the use of diplomatic baggage set off alarm bells in various agencies...
05 Sep, 2020, 11.11 PM IST
Gold smuggling case: Special Court in Kochi rejects bail plea of Swapna SureshThe special PMLA court dismissed her bail plea on the ground that the accused, in a statement given to the ED under Section 50 of the Preve...
21 Aug, 2020, 02.12 PM IST
ED registers case on charges of money laundering in Kerala gold smuggling scandalThe agency will shortly record the statement of the accused and ascertain whether funds were laundered allegedly earned through the smuggli...
22 Jul, 2020, 07.07 PM IST
NIA gets 7-days custody of prime accused Sarith P S in Kerala gold smuggling caseConsidering the application filed by the investigation agency, the NIA special court granted custody of Sarith P S, a former employee of UA...
17 Jul, 2020, 10.55 PM IST
Gold smuggling case: Congress-led UDF to bring no-confidence motion against Left government in KeralaThe Congress-led United Democratic Front on Monday decided to bring in a no-confidence motion against the state government as part of its p...
13 Jul, 2020, 03.37 PM IST
- Rs 4.51 crore tax evasion by Muthoot Precious Metals
Muthoot Precious Metals Corporation, a sister concern of Kochi-based Muthoot group, has evaded Rs 4.51 crore in central excise duty in manu...
07 Sep, 2012, 10.07 PM IST