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Customs officials 'helped' supercar importers dodge duty

Graft-busters accuse seven customs officials of helping supercar importers evade duty totalling 897 million baht by accepting unrealistically low car valuations.

Bangkok Post

Deadly border technologies are increasingly employed to violently deter migration

In late May 2024, I travelled to the United States-Mexico border to study the smart-wall addition to the border structure. I was accompanied by Arizona-based journalist and friend, Todd Miller, and we studied the wall as Customs and Border Protection trucks rumbled by and drones scanned the sky.

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OPINION - Fat Tony: Which London airport is best? There's only one standout for me...

I’m not being funny but… I’m over Heathrow airport? How many times in the past few years have you been getting excited about finally going on holiday, and then you turn up at Heathrow or Gatwick and are faced with insane security queues? How many times have you arrived back…

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Customs seize used laptops, CPUs worth over Rs 4 crore in Mumbai

The Customs Department seized 4,600 used laptops and 1,546 used CPUs, valued at Rs 4.11 crore, in Mumbai's Nhava Sheva area. Read further on Dynamite News:

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"Law must take its own course": Shashi Tharoor after Customs detains his former aide for smuggling gold

After Delhi Customs detained two people, one of whom claimed to be the personal assistant to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a case of alleged gold smuggling, the Congress leader distanced himself from any alleged wrongdoing on Thursday and said that the law must take its own course. Read further…

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Angela Rayner accuses Tories of 'desperate tactics' after being cleared by police over council house row

The decision comes after what police described as a “thorough” investigation

Evening Standard

Gold seized from airports at Karipur, Kochi, and capital

Customs officers seize gold worth crores from passengers at Calicut, Cochin, and Thiruvananthapuram airports in Kerala.

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Tamil Nadu: Customs officials seize gold rods worth Rs 16.17 lakh at Tiruchirappalli Airport

Three passengers were arrested and 96 small size 24-carat (K) gold rods worth Rs 16.17 lakh were seized from them at Tiruchirappalli airport in Tamil Nadu. Read further on Dynamite News:

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VAT on postal imports sent starts in May

The Customs Department will start collecting of value-added tax (VAT) for imported goods sent through postal services, regardless of the value of the goods, starting in May.

Bangkok Post

Diamonds hidden in noodle packets, gold collectively valued at ₹6.46 crore seized at Mumbai airport; four passengers held

Mumbai Customs seize diamonds in noodle packets and gold in body parts worth ₹6.46 crore, passengers arrested

The Hindu

From Bulgaria To The English Channel: Tracing Trafficked Migrant Boats

The Kapitan Andreevo border post, one of the busiest in Europe, is more than 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the nearest sea, but Bulgarian customs officer Georgi Gospodinov is on the lookout for dinghies.

International Business Times

Customs’ road patrolling begins ahead of polls

The exercise being conducted by Central Excise and Customs officers will continue until the day of polling.

The Hindu

Customs make multiple gold seizures at Thiruvananthapuram airport

Customs seize 26,000 counterfeit cigarette sticks with a value of ₹4.42 from a passenger who arrived from Bahrain.

The Hindu

1.5 kg gold paste found in restroom of Tiruchi airport

Officers of the Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) recovered gold in paste form from a men’s restroom at the Tiruchi International Airport on Thursday. About 1.5 kg of gold was extracted from the paste.

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At the Bengaluru airport, a cat-and-mouse game between enforcement agencies and mules

Mastermids are rarely caught

The Hindu

101 antiquities seized by customs handed over to ASI

101 seized antiquities, including a 206-year-old telescope, handed over to ASI by customs department in New Delhi.

The Hindu

Customs hands over rare East India Company telescope to ASI

Rare 206-year-old British East India Company tracker telescope seized by Guwahati Customs handed over to Archaeological Survey of India.

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6.3 kg gold seized at Karipur

Customs seize 6.3 kg gold worth ₹3.87 crore smuggled by passengers at Calicut Airport, using innovative concealment methods.

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Illegally imported arecanut seized by government should be auctioned at the floor price, says CAMPCO

With the price of arecanut beginning to fall, Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO), Mangaluru, on Friday, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to ensure that when illegally imported arecanut seized by the government is auctioned the floor price is maintained.

The Hindu

Gold worth around ₹47 lakh seized at Kochi airport

Customs Air Intelligence unit in Kochi seizes gold worth ₹25 lakh from passenger arriving from Sharjah.

The Hindu

CBIC issues revised guidelines for reporting arrest, smuggling incidents

CBIC revises guidelines for reporting arrests, smuggling, and frauds by customs officers to enhance risk-based targeting.

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Two Keralites arrested on charge of online fraud

Thiruvananthapuram Cyber Police arrest two Keralites for defrauding chartered accountant of ₹2.25 crore posing as Customs and CBI officers.

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Hong Kong Arrests 7 In Hong Kong Arrests 7 In Top News.8 Billion Money Laundering Case.8 Billion Money Laundering Case

Hong Kong customs officials make significant breakthrough in largest money laundering case, arresting seven individuals linked to Hong Kong Arrests 7 In Top News.8 Billion Money Laundering Case.8 billion operation. F...

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Customs foil bid to smuggle in gold worth about ₹1.38 cr. at Kochi airport

The Customs Air Intelligence Unit at the Cochin international airport thwarted an attempt to smuggle in over 2 kg of gold estimated to have a market value of around ₹1.38 crore.

Dynamite News

Custom official seize gold worth 1.28 crore at Guwahati Railway Station

Customs officials seized 1997.96 grams of smuggled gold (12 bars and 5 coins) worth Rs 1.28 crore from one person at Guwahati Railway Station. Read further on Dynamite News:

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