Overview
- Mumbai Customs reported multiple seizures over December 30–31, including 849.6 carats of diamonds valued at about ₹2.52 crore concealed in a passenger’s body.
- Gold cases at Mumbai included 1.47 kg of 24-carat gold dust in wax worth roughly ₹1.87 crore involving an AIASL staffer after a transit handoff by Bangladeshi passengers.
- Officers also recovered 89 grams of rhodium-plated 24-carat gold buttons worth ₹11.35 lakh and 160 grams of gold worth ₹20.41 lakh in separate interceptions.
- Two Bangkok arrivals at Mumbai were arrested under the NDPS Act after seizures of suspected hydroponic weed weighing 8.008 kg (≈₹8.008 crore) and 1.946 kg (≈₹1.946 crore).
- Delhi Customs separately arrested a Bangkok-arriving flier at IGI Airport after finding 10.275 kg of suspected ganja worth about ₹10.27 crore that tested prima facie positive.