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10:56 pm December 22, 2020

Chennai: Customs department sleuths seized gold, weighing totally 1.67 kg and worth Rs 87 lakh, in separate incidents at the airport here over the last two days and two persons were arrested in this connection, officials said on Tuesday. In the first case, gold was recovered from the baggage of a passenger who arrived from […]

Unclaimed gold seized from plane in Chennai

10:42 pm December 13, 2020

Chennai: Unclaimed gold was seized from a plane which arrived here from Dubai, Customs department said on Sunday. Customs sleuths at the airport here recovered two packets wrapped in black adhesive tape, beneath the cushion of one of the passenger seats in the aircraft. On opening the packets, gold in paste form was recovered, Commissioner […]

Gold paste concealed in bandage, pants seized at city airport

8:13 pm December 6, 2020

Chennai: Gold paste concealed in bandage and jeans was seized at the airport here, Customs authorities said on Sunday. The value of the gold was Rs 14.73 lakh and it was being smuggled here from passengers who had arrived from Dubai, they said. The authorities’ suspicion was aroused when they noticed an abnormal bulge on […]

IndiGo resumes over 650 weekly flights to and from Uttar Pradesh

11:43 pm November 18, 2020

New Delhi: IndiGo on Wednesday said it has resumed more than 650 weekly flights to and from Uttar Pradesh. The low-cost carrier has resumed operations from four cities in Uttar Pradesh — Lucknow, Varanasi, Prayagraj and Gorakhpur, it said in a release. “The airline witnessed highest air travel demand from Lucknow which is directly connected to 13 domestic destinations, […]

2 held for bid to smuggle shark fins to Dubai

8:27 pm October 28, 2020

Chennai: Over 23 kgs of shark fins that were allegedly being smuggled to Dubai by two passengers through the airport here were seized on Wednesday, Customs officials said. The fins, weighing 23.5 kgs and valued at Rs 16.50 lakhs, were concealed in carton boxes being carried by the two passengers, a press release from the […]