Sunday, May 13, 2018

Rs 2.38 cr worth of illegally imported goods seized at city airport in last 3 yrs

Air Customs Unit of Customs Department has seized illegally imported goods worth Rs 2.38 crore at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in three years since 2015-16. The maximum worth of seized goods is of gold, reveals a response to an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by activist Abhay Kolarkar.

Kolarkar had sought the information from Customs Department for the years 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18. Dilip Sheorey, Assistant Commissioner, Air Customs Unit, informed Kolarkar that the action was taken against 37 passengers in the above-mentioned three years, for illegally importing goods. A total of 41 passengers were found with illegally imported goods, and action was taken against 37 of them. The total amount of goods seized from them was Rs 2,38,79,901. The goods seized included ‘cigarettes and RMD gutkha’ apart from gold.

As far as gold is concerned, four cases were registered in 2015-16, followed by one in 2016-17, and two in 2017-18. The total quantity of gold seized during these three years was 5670.42 grams, worth Rs 1,44,55,781/-. In 2015-16, the highest seizure was recorded. Then, total 4,556.6 grams of gold was seized and it was valued at Rs 1,11,30,932/-.
13/05/18 Hitavada
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