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Why Malayalam actor Navya Nair was fined Rs 1.15 lakh for carrying a 15 cm jasmine gajra on a flight to Australia

September 09, 2025 1:29 pm

"A mistake is a mistake, though it was not intentional. They told me the fine must be paid within 28 days," she said

Can you carry supari on international flights? Here’s your guide to international customs

December 21, 2024 5:02 pm

Dr Vandana Singh, director of global corporate key account management at Saudia Cargo, says, “Yes, there are specific restrictions.”

3 Kenyan women held at Mumbai airport with gold worth Rs 2.6 crore

May 12, 2024 8:05 pm

According to sources in the Mumbai Customs, three passengers — Sameera Abdi, Feiza Hassan and Fardowsa Abdi — arrived at the Mumbai airport early Saturday from Addis Ababa via an Ethiopian Airlines flight.

Flying international to domestic, customs arrests two passengers with smuggled gold worth Rs 1.3 crores at the airport

December 20, 2023 12:46 pm

The customs department had recently received specific inputs that gold would be smuggled through domestic air transport medium

Monkey, pythons, tortoises: Customs seize animals from passenger's luggage at Chennai airport

August 17, 2022 6:33 pm

Customs officials said they found one DeBrazza monkey, 15 king snakes, five ball pythons and two Aldabra tortoises in the checked-in baggage of the man coming from Bangkok.

Gold, electronic goods worth Rs 3.09 crore seized at Chennai airport

August 06, 2022 8:26 am

The air intelligence wing of the department recovered gold in paste form and two gold chains concealed in the pant pockets of two different passengers who arrived here from Dubai on August 3 and 4, respectively.

Customs dept seizes gold worth 1.03 cr

February 11, 2022 1:36 am

According to officials, acting on intelligence, the officers of Ludhiana Customs Commissionerate deployed at Chandigarh Airport, Mohali intercepted a male passenger arriving from Sharjah on Air India Flight IX 188, while he was trying to cross the green channel

Airport Customs in wait for a ‘golden’ century

May 21, 2014 1:16 am

Customs at the international airport is poised to complete a seizure of 100 kilos of gold in a month for the first time since the early 1990s.

Customs likely to ask airport to blacklist housekeeping firm

May 06, 2014 1:25 am

Customs officers said that Sunday was the third consecutive day on which Yuvraj had smuggled gold out of the washroom.

11 Chinese arrested for smuggling bid

July 06, 2013 4:38 am

Eleven Chinese air travellers were intercepted by Airport Customs at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport for trying to smuggle Red Sanders in violation of export import policy in India.

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