Custom Department
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Hyderabad luxury car dealer arrested for evading customs duties worth Rs 100 crore
Hyderabad | May 16, 2025, 12:29 PM ISTPolice investigations revealed that many customers who purchased vehicles from Hyderabad-based dealer Basharath Khan made cash payments to evade taxes.
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Tripura: Assam Rifles seizes gold worth Rs 1 crore, 2,289 kg marijuana in anti-smuggling operations
Tripura | Feb 23, 2025, 08:25 AM ISTThe gold and drugs were seized in two different operations conducted by Assam Rifles in collaboration with the Customs Department. Four accused have been arrested in these two operations.
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Diamonds worth crores hidden in noodle packets seized at Mumbai airport | VIDEO
Maharashtra | Apr 23, 2024, 04:37 PM ISTMumbai Customs also seized crude gold chain, kada, rings and round pieces concealed in clothing and luggage. The crude gold chain and gold plates were concealed in mobile and clothing and gold dust in wax was concealed in the rectum while the gold melted bars were concealed in undergarments.
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Mumbai: $90,000 concealed in books seized from two foreign passengers at airport | Watch
Jan 24, 2023, 12:43 PM ISTThe Mumbai custom officials intercepted two foreign nationals in two separate cases and seized USD 90,000 concealed in pages of books and over 2.5 kg of gold paste respectively.
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Mumbai Custom Dept seizes 481 grams gold at International Airport
News | Dec 29, 2020, 12:01 PM ISTCustoms at Mumbai International Airport seized 481 grams gold from a woman who arrived from Dubai on December 28.
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Customs dept to roll out pan-India faceless assessment by Dec 31; starts in Chennai, Bengaluru
Business | Jun 08, 2020, 11:46 AM ISTThe first phase would begin from June 8, 2020, at Bengaluru and Chennai, for items of imports primarily covered by Chapter 84, 85 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The phased roll out plan envisages that faceless assessment shall be the norm pan-India by December 31, 2020.
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3 Custom Department officials test coronavirus positive in Mumbai
India | May 12, 2020, 07:36 AM ISTThree officials of Mumbai's custom department tested coronavirus positive on Monday. So far, four officials from the department have been found to be COVID-19 positive.
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Man pastes Rs 21 lakh worth of gold to smuggle it
Crime | Oct 25, 2019, 04:21 PM ISTHe flew in from Dubai in flight number IX 194 to Lucknow and was arrested after the precious yellow metal in the form of semi-liquid paste was found attached to his back.
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Special drive to clear stuck IGST refunds on the spot
Business | Sep 02, 2019, 08:26 PM ISTThe special drive to clear refunds on the spot is aimed at disposing all refund cases which are pending due to various errors such as invoice details and bank particulars filed with the department.
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Large quantity of suspected heroin smuggled from Pak seized at Attari border
India | Jun 30, 2019, 11:54 AM ISTThe Customs Department has seized large quantity of suspected heroin concealed inside a truck carrying salt which crossed over to Indian territory from Pakistan through the Integrated Check Post at the Attari-Wagah International Border, officials said on Sunday.
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Custom officials seize foreign currency worth over Rs 1 crore from Jaipur airport, 2 arrested
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Indian shooters stuck at IGI for 13 hours, authorities say they were just being ‘extra careful’
Other Sports | Dec 19, 2018, 06:11 PM ISTOver 15 sleep deprived and hungry international shooters were stuck at the airport for more than 13 hours due to babudom and red-tapeism. Among them were Olympian Gurpreet Singh and Kynan Chenai
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Shocking! Gold being smuggled through bulb and mobile charger, seized at Delhi airport
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Fabric importer moves Madras HC
India | Aug 02, 2013, 06:51 AM ISTChennai, Aug 2: A fabric importer has moved the Madras High Court seeking a compensation of Rs 50 lakh from various central government authorities for his "wrongful" arrest, confinement in jail and for loss of