Mumbai airport customs on Thursday seized over 4.2 kg of gold dust worth Rs 2.28 crores from an Indian national, an official said. As per the official, the gold dust was recovered from an Indian national arriving from Muscat. “Today Mumbai Airport Customs seized over 4.2 Kg gold dust valued at Rs 2.28 Crores from an […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
Indian flier from Addis Ababa held at Mumbai airport with 2.8 kg cocaine
Mumbai Airport Customs said on Tuesday that it arrested an Indian passenger, who was allegedly honey-trapped into smuggling 2.8 kg cocaine, valued at Rs 28.10 crores. The 49-year-old passenger was arrested on January 6 and the cocaine was concealed in cloth samples that he was carrying to Delhi, the Mumbai […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
Maharashtra: Mumbai Airport Customs seize gold worth Rs 2.5 crore
The Mumbai Airport Customs seized a total of 4712 grams of gold worth Rs 2.5 cr and arrested three people in two different cases, said a senior Customs official on Monday. In the first case, the Customs department seized 1872 grams of gold hidden in specially designed undergarments and in another one, […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
Maharashtra: DRI recovers heroin worth Rs 40 cr at Mumbai airport
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 8 kg of heroin worth Rs 40 crores in the international market at Mumbai airport and has arrested two foreign nationals. According to DRI Customs, at Mumbai Airport on Sunday, DRI officials took in custody two foreign nationals with drugs worth Rs 40 crores. The […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Indian national arriving from Ethiopia arrested with 16 kg gold at Mumbai airport
The Customs department at Mumbai airport arrested an Indian national with 16 kg of gold worth Rs 8.40 crore, said officials on Thursday. The man was arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Mumbai. “The Customs Department of Mumbai Airport arrested an Indian national arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Mumbai, […]
Read Time : 1 Minutes
Maharashtra: DRI arrests person with drugs at Mumbai airport, recovers 16 kg heroin worth Rs 80 crores
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested a person with drugs at Mumbai International Airport and recovered 16 kg of high-quality heroin drugs, said DRI on Wednesday. The value of the seized drugs is being said to be more than Rs 80 crores in the international market, added DRI. The arrested accused has been identified as […]
Read Time : 3 Minutes
Mumbai airport handles record 1,30,374 passengers in 24 hours, highest since pandemic
Breaking its own single-day record, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), one of the world’s busiest single runway airports, handled the highest passenger movement of 1,30,374 on September 17, 2022, the highest since the pandemic, said the airport officials. The growth in traffic is a result of newer destinations, rising flight movements […]
Read Time : 0 Minutes
African woman held at Mumbai Airport with heroin worth Rs 56 crore
An African national was arrested on Monday at Mumbai airport after the customs department seized from her 8 kg of heroin worth Rs 56 crore in the international market, an official said. The woman was found carrying some white powder, which when examined turned out to be heroin. A case has been […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Mumbai airport blocks special corridor for Indian students arriving in city today from Ukraine
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has blocked a special corridor for Indian students who had been evacuated from Ukraine and would be arriving in Mumbai by AI1944 at ETA at 8 pm on Saturday, said CSMIA spokesperson. “In light of the current crisis in Ukraine, CSMIA is extending full support to the evacuation of the stranded Indian […]