Gold Smuggle

A key operator of an international gold smuggling racket with an Interpol Red Notice against him was brought from the UAE on Tuesday in an operation coordinated by the CBI with the NIA and Interpol, officials said.

Supreme Court on Tuesday sought to know from the Centre whether diplomatic baggage can be subjected to scanning in India or they enjoy immunity from search.

Attempts to smuggle gold worth crores have landed six Indians who arrived from the Gulf in trouble - despite hiding the metal in the form of dust and even in pen refills.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said that the gold was seized in Sirigaple, one km from the International Border.

The accused managed to evade immigration checks and were going to deliver the smuggled gold to their gang members at a hotel, said the Special Operations Group (SOG).

Nearly four kg of smuggled foreign origin gold valued at Rs 2.9 crore was seized from two persons who were travelling in a bus from Kolkata to Hyderabad, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on Sunday.

Nearly 12 kilograms of gold worth Rs 7.58 crore was recovered at the Chennai airport here and 10 air passengers were arrested in this connection, the Customs department said on Tuesday.

A man held for allegedly smuggling gold ended his life by jumping off the sixth floor office of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the CGO Complex in Nagpur, a police official said on Monday.

Customs has seized 32.79 kg of gold valued at Rs 19.15 crore concealed in undergarments and luggage of two women foreign nationals at the Mumbai international airport in separate cases, an official said today.

Two Chinese nationals were among four passengers who were arrested for allegedly smuggling gold worth Rs 5.45 crore at the international airport in Delhi, the customs department said today.

Suresh claimed that Vijesh Pillai told her that Govindan wanted her to accept Rs 30 crore and had offered all help to her if she moved to Malaysia.

After arresting two cabin crew members of Air India Express for allegedly smuggling gold, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has intensified the probe suspecting role of more crew members in the crime.

An air hostess was arrested for allegedly smuggling nearly one kilogram of gold from Muscat to Kannur by concealing it in her rectum, a DRI source said today.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he was shocked to learn that a former member of his staff was detained at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle gold.

Soon after it came to light that she had been intercepted while trying to smuggle 25 kg of gold worth about Rs 18 crore into India from Dubai, Afghanistan's Consul General in Mumbai has announced that she is stepping down.

A key operator of an international gold smuggling racket with an Interpol Red Notice against him was brought from the UAE on Tuesday in an operation coordinated by the CBI with the NIA and Interpol, officials said.

Supreme Court on Tuesday sought to know from the Centre whether diplomatic baggage can be subjected to scanning in India or they enjoy immunity from search.

Attempts to smuggle gold worth crores have landed six Indians who arrived from the Gulf in trouble - despite hiding the metal in the form of dust and even in pen refills.

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said that the gold was seized in Sirigaple, one km from the International Border.

The accused managed to evade immigration checks and were going to deliver the smuggled gold to their gang members at a hotel, said the Special Operations Group (SOG).

Nearly four kg of smuggled foreign origin gold valued at Rs 2.9 crore was seized from two persons who were travelling in a bus from Kolkata to Hyderabad, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on Sunday.

Nearly 12 kilograms of gold worth Rs 7.58 crore was recovered at the Chennai airport here and 10 air passengers were arrested in this connection, the Customs department said on Tuesday.

A man held for allegedly smuggling gold ended his life by jumping off the sixth floor office of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in the CGO Complex in Nagpur, a police official said on Monday.

Customs has seized 32.79 kg of gold valued at Rs 19.15 crore concealed in undergarments and luggage of two women foreign nationals at the Mumbai international airport in separate cases, an official said today.

Two Chinese nationals were among four passengers who were arrested for allegedly smuggling gold worth Rs 5.45 crore at the international airport in Delhi, the customs department said today.

Suresh claimed that Vijesh Pillai told her that Govindan wanted her to accept Rs 30 crore and had offered all help to her if she moved to Malaysia.

After arresting two cabin crew members of Air India Express for allegedly smuggling gold, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has intensified the probe suspecting role of more crew members in the crime.

An air hostess was arrested for allegedly smuggling nearly one kilogram of gold from Muscat to Kannur by concealing it in her rectum, a DRI source said today.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said he was shocked to learn that a former member of his staff was detained at the Delhi airport for allegedly trying to smuggle gold.

Soon after it came to light that she had been intercepted while trying to smuggle 25 kg of gold worth about Rs 18 crore into India from Dubai, Afghanistan's Consul General in Mumbai has announced that she is stepping down.