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Chennai customized officers have arrested over 100 individuals for his or her alleged involvement within the seizures (Picture by @pibchennai)
The officers have additionally arrested over 100 individuals for his or her alleged involvement within the seizures, Chennai Worldwide Airport, Principal Commissioner of Customs M Mathew Jolly stated.
Over 200 kilograms of gold price Rs 94 crore, together with foreign currency echange and narcotic substances had been among the main seizures made by the Customs division right here in 2022, a senior official has stated.
A few of the recoveries comprised endangered wildlife species together with albino porcupine, white lipped tamarin monkeys amongst others.
The officers have additionally arrested over 100 individuals for his or her alleged involvement within the seizures, Chennai Worldwide Airport, Principal Commissioner of Customs M Mathew Jolly stated.
Between January and December 2022, 205 kg of gold price Rs 94.22 crore was seized in 293 instances of which majority of the smuggled valuable metallic was from passengers who arrived right here from Dubai, Sharjah and another Gulf places, he stated.
Restoration of narcotic substances additionally hit the roof in 2022 because the officers retrieved Rs 14.02 crore price of banned medicine together with cocaine, methaqualone, heroin amongst others.
The division executives have managed to grab foreign currency echange valued at Rs 10.97 crore in 81 instances between January-December 2022.
In addition to gold, the authorities seized diamond and different valuable stones price Rs 1.20 crore in 5 totally different instances. An vintage bronze Buddha statue was additionally confiscated, he stated.
Endangered wildlife species which can be protected underneath the Wildlife Safety Act together with albino porcupine, purple chested tamarin monkeys, De Brazza monkey, king snakes, ball pythons had been detained. The animals that had been allegedly smuggled into India from Thailand had been retrieved and despatched again to Bangkok.
Other than the restoration of gold, diamonds and narcotics, the Customs officers have booked instances into alleged smuggling of miscellaneous merchandise like cigarettes, and electronics price Rs 3.90 crore.
In complete, 407 seizures had been made wherein instances had been filed in opposition to 122 individuals for his or her alleged involvement within the crime, he stated.
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