 | Three held for smuggling sandalwoodPolice also seized sandalwood pieces worth Rs 50,000 and the equipment used for the smuggling, from them. The police are on lookout for one more suspect, S Selvakumar from Kembanaickenpatti. |
 | Ganja smuggling attempt busted near Ramanathapuram, 100 kg seizedWhen the police arrived at M R Pattinam near Thondi, a group of people fled the scene abandoning the contraband on the shore. |
 | Man from Bengaluru held for smuggling gold, used minor son as coverA 47-year-old man from Bengaluru, who was found carrying 2.4kg of contraband gold in his backpack and had allegedly ‘used’ his 10-year-old son, who was accompanying him, to escape detection. |
 | Not so easy! Smuggling cash tougher this poll year in TelanganaIn the event of individuals being caught by the Election Commission of India (ECI) or during police checks or raids, additional charges are incurred. |
 | Over 2kg gold seized by Customs at Kempegowda International AirportThree separate passengers on board Indigo flight 6E 1056 from Bangkok were caught, and each of them was wearing two crude gold chains around their necks, weighing 300 grams. |
 | BSF deploys drones to check cattle smuggling along Bangladesh borderHowever, taking advantage of the darkness, fog, the undulating terrain and riverine channels, the smugglers made an escape. |
 | 5kg gold seized at Kempegowda International Airport Terminal 2 in one nightA Customs source said that five of the passengers had concealed the gold in semi-solid form in their rectum. |
 | DRI probe into areca nut smuggling rattles Thoothukudi customs departmentPreliminary investigation revealed Ravikumar could have been assisted by customs officials. He has been in the shipping field for over 15 years and predominantly imported cotton rags. |
 | Kerala gold smuggling case: Customs imposes Rs 6.65 cr penalty on Swapna, Rs 1.15 cr on SivasankarA total of 30.245 kg of gold valued at Rs 14.82 crore was seized from the Thiruvananthapuram airport in 2020, as per the customs department. |
 | Customs imposes penalty of Rs 66.60 crores on accused persons in 2020 Kerala gold smuggling caseSwapna Suresh ordered to pay Rs 6 crore; Rs 50 lakh penalty for former Kerala principal secretary Sivasankar |
 | Five TN red sanders smugglers arrested in Tirupati, logs worth Rs 4.4 cr seizedThe crackdown on the smugglers and the seizure was possible through the efforts of police personnel at the Pedda Pannangadu check post. |
| Vellore: 10 booked for smuggling sand, threatening copsPolice said, upon information regarding the sand smuggling operation from Palar riverbed, Manavalan rushed to the spot near Chinna Thottalam at around 6.45 pm on Friday. |
 | Four ganja peddlers from Odisha held in TelanganaUpon inspection, it was revealed that five persons from Odisha had brought the Ganja to the district for sale. Police said that the gang’s motive was to make easy money. |
 | Madras High Court refuses to grant bail to suspect in money laundering caseHowever, the counsel of ED in Madurai objected that the court had already denied bail in June 2023 and that he does not have any life-threatening diseases to warrant bail. |
 | Prevent smuggling of cash: Hyderabad DEORose directs ROs to submit seizure-related information every day |
 | Customs officials seize Rs 55.3 lakh gold and Rs 16 lakh foreign currency notesIn the year 2022-24, the Vijayawada Customs (Preventive) commissionerate has made seizures of smuggled gold to the tune of more than 70 kg worth over Rs 40 crores. |
 | Kerala: Gold seizure probe blows lid off CISF officer-led smuggling gangThe probe so far has also revealed the complicity of certain customs officials at the airport in facilitating gold smuggling. |
 | Vigil intensified at Kerala border to prevent PDS rice smuggling from Tamil NaduHe said that they have booked around 270 rice smuggling cases in the past nine months and arrested over 200 persons. |
 | Kerala HC orders further probe into violinist Balabhaskar’s deathAsks CBI to look into gold smuggling angle | Observes that the circumstances leading to the accident in 2018 have to be probed further |
 | TN: 13 accused of smuggling 228 kg ganja detained under Goondas Acthe kingpin of ganja smuggling was identified as Aaron, who has been searched in several cases related to illegal hoarding of at least 3,000 kg of ganja. |
