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While checking passengers from Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, officers, upon suspicion, intercepted a woman passenger. E-cigarettes, unaccounted US dollars worth Rs 70 lakh seized at Chennai Airport

CHENNAI: Customs officials seized e-cigarettes and US Dollars’ worth Rs 70 lakh from a passenger who arrived from Malaysia. While checking passengers from Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, officers, upon suspicion, intercepted a woman passenger.

During questioning, they found she was on a tourist visa to Malaysia. She also gave evasive replies. When her baggage was checked, it contained many packs of e-cigarettes and US dollar currency notes.

Later, she told the officers that a man had approached her at the Kuala Lumpur airport, and requested to hand over the packages to a person outside Chennai airport. The man had told her that the receiver would pay her after collecting the package.

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The Hyderabad police Monday seized counterfeit products, including Apple iPhone accessories, worth over Rs 1 crore, and arrested four people allegedly involved in the sale of these products.

Based on a tip-off, the Commissioner’s Task Force, Central Zone Team, and personnel from the Abids police station conducted simultaneous raids at shops selling duplicate accessories at Jagdish Market and arrested Vikram Singh, Suresh Kumar Rajpurohit, Natharam Choudhary, and Mohammad Sarfaraz. The four men have shops at Jagdish Market.

During the raid, the police seized 156 EarPods, 16 Apple power banks, 430 Apple logo stickers, 295 pieces of adapters and adapter covers with logos, 61 pieces of USB cables, 45 pieces of batteries, 95 pieces of back glass, and 1,430 pieces of silicone back covers.

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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) here seized Rs 2.02 crore in cash and bullion worth Rs 1.12 crore during search operations conducted regarding a fraud committed under “Bharat Rice Scheme”.

The ED officials had conducted search operations at various residential and business premises located in Haryana and Punjab on Friday under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The Central agency has been conducting investigations related to the fraud committed by various persons/entities in the distribution and sale of rice to poor people.

The ED initiated investigation of the basis of an FIR registered by the Vigilance Bureau against Gopal Goyal, owner of Shiv Shakti Rice Mill, Garhshankar in Hoshiarpur, Jai Jinender Rice Mill, Bathinda, Harish Kumar Bansal, a broker, and others in July last year. The scam amounted to Rs 1.55 crore and the VB had seized two trucks laden with 1,138 bags of rice.

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Hyderabad: Four individuals were arrested on Sunday, May 25, for allegedly selling fake Apple mobile accessories worth Rs 1.01 crore in Jagadish Market. The accused have been identified as Vikram Singh, Suresh Kumar Rajpurohit, Natharam Choudary, and Mohammad Sarfaraz.

According to police, the accused were found running mobile accessory shops where they sold duplicate Apple-branded items. Officials said they used fake Apple logos and packaging to mislead customers into believing the products were genuine.

The police seized a large quantity of counterfeit items during the raid, including 156 ear pods, 16 power banks, 430 Apple logo stickers, 295 adapters and covers, 61 USB cables, 45 batteries, 95 back glasses, and 1,430 silicon back covers.

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In continuation of a drive for curbing illegal activities involved in the liquor trade, a raid was conducted under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner (Excise), Patiala Zone, Tarsem Chand, leading to the confiscation of a substantial quantity of illicit liquor. During the operation, a diverse range of liquor consignments were seized and two persons were arrested. A significant portion of the stock was found to be in violation of the regulatory norms — either entirely lacking the mandatory track-and-trace compliance or bearing inconsistent or fraudulent identifiers.

These violations represent a critical breach of the Excise Department’s regulatory framework established to ensure product traceability and safeguarding public health.

The number of confiscated cases include, 30 cases of the IMFL, nine cases of beer and 162 cases of the Punjab made liquor (PML) through the track and trace system.

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MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has confiscated over P15.8 billion worth of counterfeit bags, clothes, and accessories in Divisoria, Manila, marking its latest operation targeting intellectual property rights violations.

Government operatives found more than 1.7 million fake items bearing the trademarks of brands such as Guess, Michael Kors, Coach, Louis Vuitton, and Tory Burch, the BOC said on Monday.

The seizure was made during a series of warehouse inspections conducted on May 23 by the BOC’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service -Intellectual Property Rights Division (CIIS-IPRD), in coordination with representatives from global fashion brand Guess.

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The recovery includes 31 cartons of liquor that were found lacking the government-mandated track and trace system—a vital regulation introduced to ensure product authenticity, monitor movement and protect public health.

After three deaths reported in Sanyas Nagar at Noorwala road reportedly caused by spurious liquor, the excise department seized a substantial stock of illicit liquor during a raid, unearthing 223 cartons without mandatory regulatory compliance.

The recovery includes 31 cartons of liquor that were found completely lacking the government-mandated track and trace system—a vital regulation introduced to ensure product authenticity, monitor movement and protect public health. Among the non-compliant stock were nine cartons of Dollar XXX Rum (PML 65 Degree) and 22 cartons of Royal Stag IMFL, both labeled “For Sale in Punjab Only,” now under scrutiny for being part of a suspected illegal distribution racket.

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The Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) on Thursday said it has seized fake cosmetics worth Rs 71.5 lakh, which were manufactured without any government licence, from three premises in Surat, Gandhinagar and Junagadh districts of the state.

In Surat, a company was found manufacturing massage oils without any cosmetic licence, putting attractive and misleading labels on these products, and advertising them for sale, said officials. These products included “performance oil”, “stamina energy oil”, “bull massage oil for men”, and “lift up herbal massage oil”. The products were sold on popular online platforms, they said.

FDCA Commissioner Dr HG Koshia said that the residential premises of one Rajesh Dahya Lathia in Surat was raided and a large quantity of packing material and boxes of these duplicate products was found.

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