Customs Department

May 27, 2022

Flight attendant arrested at Karipur hid gold worth Rs 4.5 crore in shoes, admits to smuggling six times in the past

A flight attendant who was arrested the other day at the Calicut International Airport for gold smuggling told his interrogators that he has done so six times earlier.

May 21, 2022
Heroin worth Rs 1,526 crore seized from boats off Lakshadweep coast

The DRI officials recovered 218 heroin packets of one kilogram each during the search operation carried out on the seized boats which were brought to the Coast Guard headquarters in Kochi.
April 30, 2022
Customs bust smuggling attempt by Malappuram couple; gold worth Rs 3.28 cr seized

Abdusamad and his wife Safna were arrested with over 7 kg of gold at the Karipur Airport.
April 28, 2022
Gold smuggling: Film producer, Thrikkakara politician's son nabbed

The duo, who tried to smuggle 2.23 kg of gold through Cochin International Airport, were absconding.
February 16, 2022
Kakkanad MDMA case kingpin nabbed after over six months on the run

Shamsuddeen Sait (56) was arrested by a special team in Madurai on Tuesday evening.
January 28, 2022
Customs to send notices to UAE diplomats over import of dates, holy books

The permission has been granted for sending notices to the former consul general and attaché. The issue concerns 17,000 kg dates that were brought from the UAE to the consulate.
January 26, 2022
Former sports stars play spoilsport to smugglers, bag President's Medal for excellence

While Sreesh has been recognised for his excellence in intelligence gathering, Vivek thwarted multiple narcotic and gold smuggling activities, including the 2020 Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case.

Customs Department

Flight attendant arrested at Karipur hid gold worth Rs 4.5 crore in shoes, admits to smuggling six times in the past

Heroin worth Rs 1,526 crore seized from boats off Lakshadweep coast

Customs bust smuggling attempt by Malappuram couple; gold worth Rs 3.28 cr seized

Gold smuggling: Film producer, Thrikkakara politician's son nabbed

Kakkanad MDMA case kingpin nabbed after over six months on the run

Customs to send notices to UAE diplomats over import of dates, holy books

Former sports stars play spoilsport to smugglers, bag President's Medal for excellence

Customs not amused by government's excuse to reinstate Sivasankar

Two Kochi youths buy MDMA online, take postal route to escape Customs

My watch worth Rs 1.5 crore, not Rs 5 crore: Hardik Pandya