Ahmedabad, July 22 (IANS) Ahmedabad Customs has seized 129.18 grams of 24-carat gold worth Rs 19.48 lakh from two passengers arriving from Dubai after officers discovered the precious metal concealed as gold paste inside the collars of their shirts, in the latest in a series of smuggling cases detected at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), Ahmedabad. According to Ahmedabad Customs, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted the two male passengers after they arr…
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Ahmedabad, July 22 (IANS) Ahmedabad Customs on Wednesday seized 770.33 grams of 24-carat gold worth more than Rs 1.13 crore and arrested a tour operator after officers intercepted him and his client passengers arriving from Abu Dhabi, in what investigators suspect was an organised attempt to smuggle the precious metal into India. Acting on specific intelligence, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Ahmedabad Customs intercepted a male tour operator travelling with his client passengers…
Ahmedabad, July 16 (IANS) Ahmedabad Customs has seized 233 grams of 24-carat gold worth over Rs 34.29 lakh from a woman passenger who allegedly attempted to smuggle the precious metal into India by concealing it inside her clothing after arriving from Abu Dhabi. According to Customs officials, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted the passenger at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) on Thursday after she arrived on Flight 3L-111 from Abu Dhabi.The interceptio…
Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport has become the third airport in India to receive the Airports Council International (ACI) Level-5 Airport Customer Experience Accreditation, marking the highest level of recognition under the global body’s customer experience programme. The accreditation, awarded on Tuesday, upgrades the airport from Level 4 status, which it received in June last year.The Level 5 certification recognises airports that dem…
Ahmedabad, July 12 (IANS) Nearly 30 families who lost relatives in the Air India Flight AI-171 crash have written to the Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu on Sunday seeking the inclusion of an experienced Boeing 787 pilot in the official accident investigation, a clear timeline for the release of the final report and regular updates from investigators. In a letter addressed to the Minister of Civil Aviation, the families urged the Union government to ensure that the investigation i…
Ahmedabad, July 9 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Customs Department has seized 5.368 kg (gross) of hydroponic marijuana from a passenger who arrived from Bangkok at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), marking the latest in a series of narcotics interceptions on the Thailand-Ahmedabad route. According to sources, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted a male passenger after he arrived on Thai Airways flight TG-343 from Bangkok on Wednesday following passenger profiling….
Ahmedabad, July 7 (IANS) A woman arriving in Ahmedabad from Abu Dhabi was intercepted after Customs officers acting on passenger profiling intelligence allegedly found nearly 729 grams of undeclared gold jewellery worth Rs 98.78 lakh concealed inside her purse and beneath her clothing, officials said on Tuesday. The seizure was made by the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Ahmedabad Customs after the passenger arrived at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) on IndiGo flight 6E-143…
Ahmedabad, June 28 (IANS) Customs officers at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) here have seized 10.91 kg of hydroponic marijuana valued at around Rs 11 crore from a passenger arriving from Bangkok, officials said on Sunday.The seizure was made by officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Ahmedabad Customs on Sunday after the passenger, who hails from Mangrol town of Junagadh district, arrived on Thai Airways flight TG-343 from Bangkok.During examination of the checked-…
Ahmedabad, June 13 (IANS) Customs officials at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) in Ahmedabad have seized 24 foreign-origin gold biscuits weighing 2,799.3 grams and valued at Rs 4.26 crore after they were discovered concealed inside an IndiGo aircraft that had arrived from Dubai, officials said on Friday. According to Customs authorities, the seizure was made during rummaging operations conducted on board IndiGo flight 6E-1478 after its arrival from Dubai.With the assistance…
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) One year after the crash of Air India flight AI-171, investigators have now said the probe remains ongoing, with additional technical evaluations and analysis still underway, while families of victims continue to await definitive answers about the disaster that claimed 260 lives. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Friday issued an interim statement marking the first anniversary of the accident involving the Boeing 787-8 operating from Ahmedab…