Addressing the 5th Edition of Anti-Smuggling Day organised by FICCI CASCADE, Singh said that smuggling has evolved into an organised, technology-driven economic crime with direct implications for national security and economic stability.
In three separate cases, customs officials at Mumbai Airport arrested four people in connection with smuggling marijuana and gold, officials said on Friday.
An Iraqi national was detained by Delhi Customs officials at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) for allegedly smuggling over 1.2 kg of gold, the department said on Monday.
The Bangalore Sessions Court will pronounce its verdict on actress Ranya Rao's bail plea in the gold smuggling case on Thursday.
In a major crackdown on gold smuggling, Delhi Customs seized 1.2 kg of gold concealed in silver-coated wires from two Indian passengers at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).
It is an interesting battle playing out in Karnataka between the ruling Congress and the opposition (BJP and JD -Secular) with the saffron party leveling gold smuggling accusations against the ruling party and the Karnataka government stepping up action against BJP and JD (S) leaders on previous corruption charges.
The state instituted its own probe into the case to find out how the actress was able to misuse airport courtesies to walk away without being frisked.
The Kannada actress Ranya Rao gold smuggling case is slowly but surely assuming the proportions of a full-blown political war between the opposition BJP and the ruling Congress regime in the state, with accusations and counter-accusations heating up the political temperature.
He added, "This has come as a complete shock and a huge disappointment and letdown. If any violation is there, the law will take its course."
DRI officials had stationed a team at the airport to intercept her upon arrival, and she was taken into custody immediately after landing.
