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Mumbai Customs Officials Foil Major Wildlife Trafficking At Airport, 61 Live Animals Seized.

11.10.2025

Customs officials seize 61 live animals, including reptiles and rare mammals, from an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok at Mumbai airport.

Mumbai: A shocking incident occurred at Mumbai Airport, where the Customs officials seized 61 live animals, including reptiles, rare mammals, and insects. read more »
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CBIC orders vigilance probe into alleged irregularities at Chennai customs in Wintrack case.

11.10.2025

Acting on the findings, CBIC has initiated a thorough vigilance investigation to be completed in a time-bound manner of 4–6 weeks. To ensure the probe’s integrity and independence, all officers named in the report have been relieved of their present responsibilities and transferred out of the jurisdiction read more »
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Major gold smuggling racket busted at Mumbai airport, two airport staff among 13 arrested.

11.10.2025

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has dismantled an international gold smuggling syndicate at Mumbai Airport, arresting 13 individuals and seizing gold worth Rs. 12.58 crore. Investigations revealed the syndicate employed airport staff and transit passengers to smuggle gold discreetly.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence read more »
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Fake Customs Officers Nabbed at Mumbai Airport for Extorting Passengers.

11.10.2025

MUMBAI: Customs officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport apprehended three private company employees working at the airport for posing as customs officers and attempting to extort money from an arriving passenger. The accused were identified as Salman Idris Khan (30), Pramod Chhabban Kamble (28), and Darshit read more »
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Passenger arrested at Hyderabad airport for smuggling exotic wildlife from Bangkok.

29.09.2025

The animals were seized and later deported back to Bangkok

A 27-year-old passenger arriving from Bangkok was intercepted by Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, on September 27, 2025, after a routine baggage check revealed a concealed consignment of exotic wildlife.

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Increase in gibbon trafficking into India has conservationists worried.

13.09.2025

In recent months, seizure incidents of gibbons trafficked from Southeast Asia into India have increased.

The growing demand for gibbons as pets is behind the increased trafficking, fueled by social media and aided by porous borders and weak enforcement of wildlife laws.

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Exotic reptiles seized from passenger at Kempegowda International Airport.

13.09.2025

The seized reptiles have been handed over to the Forest Department for further action.
Bengaluru: Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport near Devanahalli said they had seized several exotic and protected reptiles, including snakes, from a passenger who arrived from Bangkok.

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Ahmedabad Customs nabs couple with Rs. 17 lakh in foreign currency bound for Abu Dhabi.

13.09.2025

In a well-orchestrated late-night operation, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Ahmedabad Customs thwarted an attempt by a husband-wife duo to smuggle foreign currency above Rs. 17 lakh out of the country. The couple was intercepted on Tuesday night as they prepared to board Akasa Air flight read more »
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Customs officials seize drugs, exotic wildlife in twin smuggling busts at Hyderabad airport.

11.09.2025

Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, carried two major interceptions on Monday (September 8, 2025) uncovering narcotics and exotic wildlife being smuggled into the country.

In the first case, officers stopped a passenger who had arrived from Bangkok. On examining the read more »
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Man, who attempted to smuggle Indian star tortoises, distracted authorities & fled Bengaluru airport.

07.08.2025

A consignment of 896 Indian star tortoises was seized by customs officials at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Tuesday.

The accused, who managed to flee, is currently on the run.

Identified as Abdul Mohammed Kasim from Tamil Nadu, he read more »
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Catering staffer at Mumbai airport arrested for smuggling gold worth 1.4 crore.

04.08.2025

Mumbai: Customs officials on Saturday apprehended an employee of a catering store at the city airport for allegedly smuggling 1.5kg gold dust in wax form worth Rs 1.4 crore. Based on a profiling tip-off, Air Intelligence Unit officers intercepted Alloysius Alvares, who worked with Balaji Caterers, near read more »
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Couple caught smuggling 28 kg of gold paste at Surat airport.

22.07.2025

The couple, exhibiting unusual walking patterns, had 28 kg of gold paste strapped around their midsections.

A couple coming from Dubai were apprehended by the CISF and Customs at the Surat airport for allegedly smuggling in over 20 kg of gold paste by concealing read more »
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Customs officials seize smuggled goods from five passengers at Coimbatore airport.

21.07.2025

According to officials, the Deputy Commissioner of Customs and his team developed intelligence based on data analysis and intercepted five men

Officials of the Air Customs Unit at the Coimbatore International Airport on Saturday (July 19, 2025) seized smuggled goods worth about ?90 lakh read more »
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DRI seizes over 4 kg of cocaine worth Rs. 40 crore from passenger at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru; one arrested.

21.07.2025

Acting on specific intelligence, officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Bengaluru Zonal Unit intercepted an Indian male passenger, who arrived from Doha at Bengaluru International Airport in the early hours of 18.07.2025.

On careful examination of his baggage, it was observed that the read more »
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Endangered pythons, rabbits, parrots seized from passengers at Pune airport, animals to be sent back to Bangkok.

19.07.2025

Officials with the Customs Department on Tuesday arrested two passengers who arrived from Bangkok at Pune airport and seized smuggled exotic wild animals, including green tree pythons, double-eyed fig parrots, and Sumatran striped rabbits, from them. The endangered animals are set to be sent back to Thailand read more »
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Customs officer takes Rs 15K bribe to allow gold coin at city airport, complaint filed.

19.07.2025

Complainant provides payment details triggering customs probe; money traced to SBI account of suspected middleman.

A passenger arriving from Kuwait has accused a customs officer at Ahmedabad airport of accepting a bribe in exchange for allowing him to carry gold through clearance. The allegation, read more »
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20 wild exotic animals seized at Pune airport; two passengers held.

17.07.2025

Customs at Pune Airport seized rare wildlife from two passengers from Bangkok, arresting them under wildlife protection laws. Animals are in care for repatriation.

The customs officials at the Pune International Airport intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok on Tuesday and seized rare and read more »