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Free air ticket, hidden gold, a double-cross: Smuggling scheme foiled in Lucknow

Lucknow police recovered 203.92-gram capsule containing gold powder, valued at around <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>30 lakh, which had allegedly been stolen from a courier who had arrived from Dubai. (X/@Dinehshukla)

Updated 1 day ago

₹24-cr smuggled gold worth seized at Mumbai airport, 8 held

<span class='webrupee'>₹</span>24-cr smuggled gold worth seized at Mumbai airport, 8 held

Published 11 days ago

DRI busts racket, seizes ₹7.49 crore smuggled gold

DRI busts racket, seizes <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>7.49 crore smuggled gold

Published 19 days ago

DRI busts ₹5 crore gold smuggling racket at Mumbai airport; seven arrested, including airport staffers

DRI busts <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>5 crore gold smuggling racket at Mumbai airport; seven arrested, including airport staffers

Published 59 days ago

Traveller from Sharjah held with 2.7 kg gold worth ₹3.8 crore at Delhi airport

The gold, concealed in paste form, was seized under Section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Updated 64 days ago

Operation Golden Drop: DRI busts airport gold-smuggling racket, seizes ₹4.8 crore haul

Operation Golden Drop: DRI busts airport gold-smuggling racket, seizes <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4.8 crore haul

Published 77 days ago

Ranya Rao may be released soon as preventive detention nears end

Ranya Rao

Updated 105 days ago

Gold smuggling racket busted at Bengaluru airport, 5 arrested

Gold smuggling racket busted at Bengaluru airport, 5 arrested

Updated 120 days ago

50 kg gold deal, ₹2 cr payment: How Ranya Rao was duped by a Ugandan agent

Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested from the Kempagowda International Airport.

Updated 137 days ago

Ranya Rao first tried to smuggle gold from Africa via ‘agent’; duped of ₹2 crore

ED has documented a total 15 trips of Ranya Rao from Dubai to India between March 2024 and March 2025 to smuggle 127.87 kg of gold.

Updated 137 days ago

ED files charge sheet in gold smuggling case

Ranya Rao

Published 161 days ago

ED files charge sheet against Ranya in gold smuggling case

ED files charge sheet against Ranya in gold smuggling case

Published 161 days ago

ED files charge sheet against Ranya Rao, 2 others; says 127 kg gold worth ₹102

Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested over alleged gold smuggling while returning from Dubai last year.

Updated 162 days ago

DRI seizes gold worth ₹2.89 crore concealed in meat grinder, arrests two

DRI seizes gold worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2.89 crore concealed in meat grinder, arrests two

Published 192 days ago

Sambhal violence: Property of fugitive mastermind Shariq Satha attached

Heavy police force stand guard as the Sambhal district administration carries out a court-ordered attachment of the house belonging to Shariq Satha, the alleged mastermind of the November 2024 Sambhal violence, in Sambhal on Wednesday. (ANI Video Grab)

Published 197 days ago

Pune Airport customs introduces body cameras for passenger checks

**HANDOUT PHOTO MADE AVAILABLE FROM DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIMITED (DIAL) ON TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 2021** New Delhi: First consignment of COVID-19 vaccination arrives at Delhi Airport in a special SpiceJet flight from Pune, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_12_2021_000011A) (PTI)

Published 204 days ago

Gold dust inside capsules inside tumbler: Big bust at Mumbai airport

Tests confirmed that the gold was 24-carat and worth nearly <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>3.89 crore,

Updated 217 days ago

Customs seize drugs, gold and currency in multiple cases at CSMIA

Customs seize drugs, gold and currency in multiple cases at CSMIA

Published 225 days ago

Kids being used to smuggle at India-Bangladesh border: BSF official

Kids being used to smuggle at India-Bangladesh border: BSF official

Published 248 days ago

Air India passenger caught with ₹20 lakh gold hidden in plastic water bottle

Delhi Customs caught 170 grams of gold concealed in a water bottle.

Published 284 days ago

Gold smuggling surges in India as price spikes before festivals

Representative image.

Updated 294 days ago

Chinese firecrackers worth ₹6.32 crore seized

Chinese firecrackers worth <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>6.32 crore seized

Published 296 days ago

Kerala HC upholds its order staying CoI into ED probe of gold smuggling case

Kerala HC upholds its order staying CoI into ED probe of gold smuggling case

Published 314 days ago

In 2 years, over 1,000kg gold smuggled across LAC into Ladakh: ED

The July 9, 2024, seizure was made by a patrol team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Actual Control, which caught two persons with 108 gold bars, each weighing 1 kg (REUTERS FILE PHOTO/Representative Image)

Published 331 days ago

Ranya Rao hit by ₹102 crore penalty: 10 big revelations in gold-smuggling case

Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested from Bengaluru Airport while she was trying to smuggle in 14.2 kg gold from Dubai.

Updated 337 days ago

Ranya Rao gold smuggling case: Karnataka reinstates IPS officer Ramachandra Rao

Karnataka govt reinstates IPS officer Ramachandra Rao after actress stepdaughter Ranya Rao’s arrest in gold smuggling case

Updated 359 days ago

Gold in the gut: Tanda’s smuggling saga encapsulated

HT recently visited Rampur-Moradabad to delve into the gold smuggling network (FOR REPRESENTATION ONLY)

Published 360 days ago

Dubai-returned couple held at Surat airport with 28 kg gold paste

Based on concentration levels of the paste, officials estimate the pure gold yield to be over 20 kg. (FILE IMAGE)

Published 380 days ago

Couple caught smuggling 28 kg of gold paste at Surat airport

Based on concentration levels of the paste, officials estimate the pure gold yield to be over 20 kg.

Updated 380 days ago

Customs seizes gold worth ₹1.34 crore at Delhi's IGI airport

Custom officials seized two plastic pouches containing yellow-coloured paste suspected to be gold.

Published 394 days ago

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