The Air Intelligence Unit of the Kannur International Airport, under the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Kochi, intercepted a passenger who arrived from Jeddah and seized 997.9 g of gold valued at over ₹89.96 lakh. The passenger, a native of Kasaragod, was arrested under the Customs Act, 1962 and further investigation is under way. The officers registered 16 cases in March in connection with attempts to smuggle cigarettes and nicotine products to the tune of ₹34 lakh. They also seized 262.7 g of gold valued at ₹21.3 lakh and 13 kg of saffron worth ₹15.6 lakh in the month.
Related Posts
Customs recovers huge quantity of smuggled cigarettes
July 19, 2014
Directorate of Customs Intelligence has recovered huge quantity of smuggled...
Viewpoint: A shot in the arm for generics producers
July 11, 2014
Domino inksThere is nowhere to hide from the Falsified Medicines Directive. It...
This is what £72k in cash looks like – seized from couple who ran illegal tobacco shop from home
August 18, 2016
A 73-year-old Forest of Dean man and his wife ran a contraband cigarette and...
Koreans caught smuggling 2,348kg of gold in ‘private parts’
May 29, 2017
Dozens of Korean citizens were caught smuggling 2,348 kilograms of gold hidden in...



