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5 women held at Mumbai airport with drugs worth Rs 10.5 crore

October 27, 2025 10:56 pm

Three of the accused were promised Rs 15,000 for each trip to Bangkok, while the two others were promised Rs 25,000 each as commission

Man held at Mumbai airport trying to smuggle cannabis worth Rs 10 cr from Bangkok

April 07, 2025 8:38 pm

The officials nabbed the passenger Kavaljit Singh, 31, who had arrived at the city airport from Bangkok via Indigo flight 6E 1052 on Sunday, based on passenger profiling.

Mumbai: Customs department arrests three smuggling Rs 8 crore worth marijuana from Bangkok

March 26, 2025 10:10 am

Since marijuana's maximum personal quantity is specified as 1000 grams, in both the cases, customs officials have pressed charges of smuggling of commercial quantities

Brazil passenger arrested for smuggling cocaine

Passenger from Brazil held at Mumbai airport for smuggling cocaine

February 02, 2025 6:30 pm

An official said that on the night of January 27, customs officers intercepted a passenger arriving from Sao Paulo (Brazil) via Paris, based on profiling and specific input.

Customs arrests 5 passengers at Mumbai airport smuggling Rs 50 crore worth Marijuana from Bangkok

February 01, 2025 7:20 pm

Similarly, two more passengers, who arrived from Dubai, were intercepted and 24 KT Gold Dust in Wax form worth Rs 90.42 Lakh was seized.

2 passengers from Bangkok held at Mumbai airport with 12 exotic turtles

November 06, 2024 8:53 am

The exotic turtles were handed over to the airline's staff for deportation to their country of origin, the Customs officer said.

Four exotic birds smuggled from Bangkok seized at Mumbai airport, 2 held

October 22, 2024 10:39 pm

The seized Hornbills were concealed in rectangular boxes below the food packets kept in the trolley bags of the passenger.

Five baby crocodiles seized from two passengers at Mumbai airport

September 28, 2024 9:50 pm

The five baby reptiles were found concealed in toothpaste boxes in their hand luggage, an officer said.

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Customs seizes gold, electronics worth Rs 13.24 crore at Mumbai airport, arrest 7 passengers in 5 days

July 17, 2024 10:42 am

The Customs department arrested the accused in 24 cases for concealing smuggled gold in various forms, such as gold dust in wax, crude jewellery, and gold bars.

The gold was found concealed in various forms like gold dust in wax, crude Jewellery, Gold bars in an ingenious way inside, in layers of cloth, in cardboard, in the body, and on the body of passengers.(Special arrangement)

In 1 week, Customs officials seize 10 kg gold, arrest 5 passengers at Mumbai airport

June 25, 2024 2:20 pm

Among the arrested, two of them were travelling from Dubai, and the rest from Kuwait, Muscat and Lucknow; the passengers were found carrying 24 carat gold dust in wax form and in their undergarments.