Tag: Customs Department

Bhubaneswar: The Customs Department officials on Thursday seized 355.120 grams gold worth over Rs 11 lakh from a passenger at Biju Patnaik International Airport here. This is the fifth incident of seizure of gold at Bhubaneswar airport since March this year. Acting on a tip off, customs officials at the airport intercepted a passenger of […]

Bhubaneswar: In yet another instance of gold smuggling through the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive) on Wednesday seized gold bars & rings weighing 378.370 grams from two passengers. The officials of Air Intelligence unit of the Commissionerate of Customs seized three gold bars and 143 gold rings from the […]

New Delhi: A man was arrested at the airport here by the Customs Department for allegedly trying to smuggle in gold worth Rs 27 lakh, officials said today. The accused was arrested upon his arrival from Birmingham on Friday. The Customs Department in a statement said the 50-year- old passenger was wearing gold weighing 999 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Customs officials today seized gold worth Rs 10.56 lakh from two passengers who arrived at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar from Kuala Lumpur. The cylindrical gold bars weighing 340 grams were seized from two Indian origin passengers. Sources said that the seized gold was being smuggled from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai via […]

Bhubaneswar: The Air Intelligence unit of the Customs department today seized gold weighing 707 grams from a woman flier who arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport from Dubai. Sources said value of the gold seized from the woman is worth nearly Rs 24 lakh. The Customs officials seized the gold from a bag carried […]

New Delhi: If caught smuggling gold at an international airport in Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow and Varanasi), the accused will now lose their passports, according to the Customs Department. The department is coordinating with the UP Passport Office for such an action to curb growing smuggling of gold at Lucknow and Varanasi international airports. The move […]