The Mumbai Customs Department on Wednesday conducted a special drive to destroy over 600 kg of seized narcotic substances worth about Rs 500 crore and more than one crore cigarettes of foreign origin, an official said. The disposal was done at a waste management facility in Taloja area of neighbouring Navi Mumbai, he said. These seized drugs included 293 kg of heroin and 50 kg
AIU of the Mumbai Customs Department have caught two Zimbabwean nationals, including a woman with alleged possession of 35 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 247 crore
Mumbai: Customs intercepts staffer hiding gold worth Rs 17 lakh in armpit at CSMIA
FPJ Correspondent
Mumbai: A gold smuggling attempt by a passenger in connivance with an airport staffer was busted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Saturday when the latter was caught with the precious metal hidden in her armpit.
On the basis of specific intelligence, the Mumbai customs intercepted a cleaning staffer. âThe personal search led to recovery of 420 grams gold dust worth Rs 17 lakh concealed in her armpit,â the agency revealed on Sunday.
The investigations revealed that an unidentified female passenger arriving from Dubai had dropped the gold dust in the dustbin of the toilet for females. The said parcel was picked by the cleaning staffer who had concealed it in her armpit but was intercepted by officials. The gold dust is difficult to trace in handheld detectors and scanners and hence smugglers are trying to sneak in the precious metal in d