CBI arrests 2 Customs officers for demanding bribe from firm to release seized silver
CBI arrests 2 Customs officers for demanding bribe from firm to release seized silver
CBI laid a trap and caught the Superintendent red-handed for accepting the bribe of Rs 2 lakh. During the investigation, the Assistant Commissioner was also caught.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday arrested two senior Customs officers for allegedly demanding a bribe of over Rs 19 lakh from a Maharashtra-based jeweller for releasing 60-kg silver seized by them. A special CBI court remanded the two accused to police custody till February 27.
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Mumbai Customs seizes Iphones, drones, other smuggled goods worth Rs 15 crore
Mumbai Customs seizes Iphones, drones, other smuggled goods worth Rs 15 crore
Mumbai Customs seized goods worth Rs 15 crore on Tuesday. The seized consignments included 1,470 iPhones, 322 Apple watches, 64 drones, 41 air pods, 391 cigarette sleeves and 36 auto parts.
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UPDATED: February 24, 2021 11:42 IST
Mumbai Customs seized Iphones, drones, other smuggled goods worth Rs 15 crore. (Image for representation: Reuters)
Custom officials in Mumbai, Maharashtra, seized goods worth Rs 15 crore on Tuesday. These goods were allegedly smuggled through a postal route. According to sources, the seizure was made following an operation that began on February 17.
BREAKING: Limerick truck driver jailed for importing €1.6 million of drugs into Ireland
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A Limerick truck driver who imported over €1.6 million of ketamine, MDMA and cocaine has been jailed for three and a half years.
Alyvydus Simkus (48), who has no other serious criminal convictions, told gardaí that he was paid £50 to take the drugs into the country.
Detective Garda Ronan Doolin told Garret Baker BL, prosecuting, that gardaí received confidential information that drugs would be imported into the State on the date in question.
Det Gda Doolin said the truck Simkus was driving was stopped in Dublin Port having arrived in a ferry from the UK. He was directed to go New Customs House where his truck was searched.
A Limerick truck driver who imported over €1.6 million of ketamine, MDMA and cocaine has been jailed for three and a half years.
Alyvydus Simkus (48), who has no other serious criminal convictions, told gardaí that he was paid £50 (€56) to take the drugs into the country.
Detective Garda Ronan Doolin told Garret Baker BL, prosecuting, that gardaí received confidential information that drugs would be imported into the State on the date in question.
Det Gda Doolin said the truck Simkus was driving was stopped in Dublin Port having arrived in a ferry from the UK. He was directed to go New Customs House where his truck was searched.