Chennai Air Customs News

According to experts, the idol is traceable to the Vijayanagara-Nayak period, the 'Nritya Ganapati' is regarded as the 15th among the 32 different forms of Ganapati. 

Chennai Air Customs seized over 5 kg gold foils The gold foils were hidden in laptops and tabs Five people were arrested

The sezied packets contained 4790 Tramadol Hydrochloride Tablets (100mg) and 3200 Tramadol (100 mg) tablets. In another bust, ganja was recovered from two parcels that arrived at the Foreign Post Office in the city, from the US and Canada.

Chennai airport customs officials caught two passengers smuggling gold Over 1.5 kg gold worth Rs 66 lakh was seized The gold was hidden in a hammer and a mirror

Over 2200 Indian Star tortoises were rescued at Chennai airport They were being smuggled to Thailand The animals were handed over to the state forest department

Narcotics worth Rs 56 lakh were seized at Chennai airport Chennai Air Customs intercepted the parcel coming from Spain

Narcotic tablets worth Rs 5.25 lakhs were seized at Chennai airport The drug arrived in two parcels from Netherlands and France

The passengers arrived in the city via Emirates flight EK 544 Passengers were frisked at the exit, as they were attempting to rush.

A passenger arriving from Dubai via Emirates flight EK-544 who appeared in a hurry was intercepted at the green channel exit by Officials.

From the five parcels, a total of 46.8 kgs of Khat leaves worth Rs.1.17 Crore were recovered. The officials arrested a 27-year old aeronautical engineer, who works in a city-based IT company. Khat contains alkaloids Cathinone and Cathine, besides amphetamine-like stimulants, which causes euphoria.

Air Customs officials seized 1.72 kgs of gold from domestic passengers One man was arrested after he was found with gold hidden in a sock in his pocket

Air Customs officials at Chennai arrested six international passengers for smuggling gold and foreign currency. The passangers were smuggling 5.55 kg gold worth Rs 2.53 crore, foreign currency worth Rs 24 lakh via different means including concealment in wigs, socks, innerwear, rectum.

The officials suspected the passenger because he appeared to be nervous. After his personal search was carried, foreign currency 2000 US Dollars in 100 denomination, valued at Rs.1.45 lakhs were found in his pant pocket.

At Chennai Airport, Air Customs officials intercepted a passenger at the departure terminal The suspected passenger was held as he was proceeding towards the security hold area after immigration Examination of the backpack and laptop bag revealed, 6600 Euros in the denomination of 50 and 2000 GB Pounds in the denomination of 20 were recovered

Chennai's air custom officials found the teeth hidden in an aircraft seat. Officials conducted a search of the plane based on intelligence regarding smuggling of gold, wildlife and animal parts. The teeth are to be sent to the Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation for identification of species.

In separate cases over the weekend, the Chennai Air Customs have seized a total of 891 grams of gold from international passengers who flew in from the middle-east countries. The seized gold is reportedly valued at Rs 46.4 lakh. In the first case on Saturday, a 32-year old passenger hailing from Madurai, who had arrived from Dubai was intercepted and searched. Two bundles of gold paste weighing 133 gm, valued at Rs 6.93 lakh were recovered from the rectum. On frisking, two other passengers hailing from Chennai who arrived from Dubai were found carrying two gold bars weighing 232 gm each and one gold cut bit weighing 31 gm concealed in their pant pockets. A total of 526 gm of gold valued at Rs 27.4 lakh was recovered. On Saturday night, two passengers who hailed from Trichy and Chennai respectively were intercepted on suspicion of carrying gold. The personal search revealed four bundles (two each) of gold paste in their socks and two gold chains (one each) were recovered from their pant pockets. Total 232 gm of gold valued at Rs 12.16 lakh was recovered and seized.

The first parcel contained 105 MDMA tablets with “PP” marking commonly known as “Philipp Plein”. The parcel was addressed to an individual in Chennai city, but the address was found to be incomplete. 60 MDMA “Blue Punisher” pills embossed with skull mark were recovered from the second parcel. These tablets contain around 300mg of MDMA which is a very high dose. The parcel arrived from Zwolle, a city in the north-eastern Netherlands and was addressed to a person in Tirupur district.

This particular variant of the tablet is known as ‘ACAB Pig’. ACAB is an acronym of a derogatory term and is used as a slogan used in protests, graffiti, tattoos and other imagery.

Based on intelligence, Chennai Air Customs officials intercepted postal parcels suspected to contain psychotropic drugs which were bound for the US. On inspection, it was found that the parcels contained 3440 tablets of psychotropic drugs and they were seized under the NDPS Act, 1985. The parcel contained 234 strips of Addwize 10mg (Methylphenidate), 50 strips of Lonazep 1 mg (Clonazepam) and 40 strips of Zolfresh 10 mg (Zolpidem). 2340 tablets of Methylphenidate, 600 tablets of Zolpidem and 500 tablets of Clonazepam were recovered from them.

"This is the first time that we are seizing pills and crystals concealed in a toy box. However the other parcels were not camouflaged and the drugs were kept in packets” Rajan Chaudhary, Commissioner, Customs told WION. Follow up searches were carried out and further investigation is in progress.