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The Air Customs and Air Intelligence Office at Coimbatore Airport thwarted a smuggling attempt based on data analysis and arrested five passengers who came by Air Arabia flight from Sharjah on Monday.

The Air Customs and Air Intelligence Office at Coimbatore Airport thwarted a smuggling attempt based on data analysis and arrested five passengers who came by Air Arabia flight from Sharjah on Monday.

The Air Customs team intercepted the five passengers and seized 856 cigarette cartons, 10 drones and 36 microphones totally valued at ₹37.09 lakh. The arrested have been identified as Abdul Raheem of Thiruvarur, Syedsirajtheen of Thoothukudi, Jainulabudeen of Sivaganga, Mohamed Siddiq, Trichy Rural, and Mohamed Afsal of Sivaganga. Legal action has been taken under the Customs Act, 1962.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/five-held-at-coimbatore-airport-for-smuggling-cigarettes-drones/article69946277.ece

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained a man on Friday while he was attempting to smuggle $51,000 into India through the Mujibnagar border in Meherpur.

Acting on a tip-off, Lt Col Md Nazmul Hasan, commander of the BGB’s Chuadanga Battalion (6 BGB), deployed a team led by acting Quartermaster Assistant Director Md Haider Ali.

The team set up an ambush at Fashitala, approximately 200 yards inside Bangladesh from main pillar 99 of the border, under the jurisdiction of Anandabas BOP in Mujibnagar upazila.

Around 12pm, the BGB team noticed a suspicious individual riding a bicycle from the zero line area, carrying a bag filled with grass. Upon sensing the presence of BGB members, the man attempted to flee but was quickly caught.

https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/389105/bgb-detains-man-smuggling-us-dollars-to-india-via

NEW DELHI: (Aug 12) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against four accused in the 2024 Champaran (Bihar) fake currency seizure case involving a syndicate with linkages in Pakistan and Nepal.

The four arrested accused – Md Nazar Saddam, Md Waris, Md Zakir Hushain, and Muzaffar Ahmad Wani alias Sarfaraz – have been charged under the relevant sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the charge sheet filed before a court in Patna, a statement issued by the NIA said.

NIA found evidence to show that the accused were involved in smuggling high-quality fake Indian currency notes from Nepal into India with the intent to damage the country’s financial stability.

https://www.ptinews.com/story/national/nia-charge-sheet-against-4-accused-in-fake-indian-currency-smuggling-case-with-links-in-pakistan,-nepal/2816751

Mumbai: In a significant crackdown on counterfeit currency circulation, the Trombay Police have arrested a 27-year-old man, Mohammad Samir Abdul Qadir Khan, a resident of A-Sector, M-Line, Cheetah Camp, Trombay. Police seized fake Indian currency notes worth Rs95,500 all in Rs500 denomination from his possession.

Acting on the information, a police team led by Senior Inspector Rajesh Shinde laid a trap at the location around 2 p.m. and apprehended Khan. A search of the accused resulted in the seizure of an OPPO mobile phone, Rs450 in cash, a driving license, and five bundles of fake Rs500 notes — totaling 191 counterfeit notes. All the items, including the fake currency and related documents, were seized by the police.

https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news-trombay-police-bust-95500-fake-currency-racket-one-arrested

The Maharashtra State Excise Department has seized foreign liquor worth approximately ₹13 lakh in Panvel. The consignment, allegedly transported from Goa, was cleverly concealed beneath vehicle spare parts.

Officials said the seized liquor included eight premium foreign brands. Acting on a tip-off, the team intercepted the vehicle and uncovered the illegal consignment during inspection. Further investigation is underway to trace the source and destination of the illicit cargo.

https://www.prudentmedia.in/crime/%E2%82%B913-lakh-goa-liquor-seized-in-panvel-hidden-under-spare-parts/34008.html

Udupi: The Shirva police have arrested one more person in connection with the June 27 theft reported in a house and recovered gold ornaments and an ingot weighing over 248 grams, worth Rs 22.32 lakhs.

The accused has been identified as KE Mohammed. The arrest followed an investigation into a house break-in, wherein miscreants had decamped with gold jewellery worth over Rs 12 lakh.

Udupi SP Hariram Shankar said that a theft had taken place at the residence of Pavitra Poojarthi located on Mattaru Road in Shirva village. While she and her son were asleep, miscreants broke open the window hooks and forcefully opened the door latch using an iron rod to gain entry into the house. They decamped with 137 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs 12.75 lakh.

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/udupi-house-break-in-another-suspect-arrested-248-gram-gold-ornaments-seized-3668165

Mumbai, Aug 5 (PTI) The Mumbai Customs arrested two persons, one of them an airport staffer, with gold dust and hydroponic weed worth Rs 6.41 crore in separate seizures at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, officials said on Tuesday.

The Airport Commissionerate of the Mumbai Customs on Sunday intercepted two persons on suspicion, and found that one of them, a transit passenger, had allegedly handed over 1,510 gm of gold dust in wax, worth Rs 1.39 crore, to an airport staffer, an official said.

https://theprint.in/india/gold-dust-hydroponic-weed-worth-rs-6-4-cr-seized-at-mumbai-airport-two-held/2714240/