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Gold recovery not sole test of involvement in smuggling: Karnataka High Court

September 01, 2026 1:47 pm

The Karnataka High Court said gold smuggling through organised networks has ramifications for India’s economic interests.

Passenger from Dubai caught hiding gold capsules in mouth at Bengaluru airport

August 26, 2026 7:57 pm

The transit passenger, bound for Ghaziabad, raised suspicion during routine screening and security officers recovered two gold capsules from his mouth during a detailed check.

Smuggling bid foiled: Man on scooter caught outside Kolkata airport with gold, gems

August 06, 2026 4:23 pm

According to Kolkata police, the suspect had reportedly collected the jewellery consignment from someone inside the airport premises and was trying to deliver it to Kolkata's Burrabazar area.

Solving Crime | Murders in Karnataka, bodies in Kerala: How an informant’s call nailed killers

June 21, 2026 1:14 pm

A police informant’s tip led the Mangaluru police to uncover a 2014 double murder linked to a gold smuggling dispute, with bodies buried in Kerala.

Kannada actress Ranya Rao and associates to be released after one year of Cofeposa detention for 100-kg gold smuggling

April 22, 2026 2:14 pm

Ranya Rao, IPS officer Ramachandra Rao's stepdaughter, was arrested in March 2025 for allegedly smuggling gold worth over Rs 102 crore from Dubai to Bengaluru in 2024-25.

Supreme Court upholds Kannada actor Ranya Rao’s detention in gold smuggling case

April 17, 2026 12:25 pm

Authorities at the Bengaluru airport had intercepted Ranya Rao on March 3, 2025, and recovered foreign-marked gold bars, which triggered an investigation into her links, the Supreme Court noted.

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Gold smuggling: ED chargesheet against Kannada actor Ranya Rao, 2 others

February 26, 2026 3:41 am

An FIR was registered by the CBI in March 2025, based on a complaint from the DRI.

Karnataka HC rejects habeas corpus petitions of actress Ranya Rao, co-accused in gold smuggling case

December 20, 2025 9:24 pm

The petitions called for the writ of habeas corpus, which would have declared the COFEPOSA detention order of the three accused illegal and ‘void ab initio’.

Ranya Rao remains detained under COFEPOSA, and her step-father, a senior Karnataka police officer, was also questioned regarding the racket. (Express Photo)

DRI seeks 7-year jail for Kannada actress Ranya Rao, aides for smuggling over 100 kg of gold

November 21, 2025 3:54 pm

: Actress Ranya Rao, stepdaughter of senior Karnataka police officer K Ramachandra Rao, was arrested on her arrival from Dubai on March 3 with a consignment of 14.2 kg of gold, which was strapped on her body.

DRI discovered that both units equipped with complete setups for converting smuggled gold, in wax and other forms. (Express Photo)

'Operation Bullion Blaze': Melting units and illegal shops raided in Mumbai, gold worth Rs 15 crore seized

November 12, 2025 4:12 pm

DRI arrested 11 people, including the mastermind behind the racket, which allegedly smuggled gold to India to melt in covert furnaces and illegally sold the refined bullion on the grey market.