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The Hindu
6 days ago
- The Hindu
Customs officials seize e-cigarettes in Coimbatore
Air Customs officials, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Coimbatore International Airport, seized commercial quantities of electronic cigarettes worth ₹20 lakh, 3,240 sticks of Gold Flake Honey Dew cigarettes, and Esse Special Gold cigarettes from a passenger who arrived at the airport on June 21 from Abu Dhabi by Flight 6E - 1498. The cigarettes were concealed in the checked in baggage and the officials also seized commercial quantities of i-phone 16 Pro Max 256 GB, i-phone 14 Pro Max 128 GB, i watch and i pad Pro 13 256 GB. As per the 'Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes(Production, Manufacture, Import, Export Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage & Advertisement) Act, 2019, all forms of use and transaction in e-cigarettes is banned. The passenger was interrogated and the offending goods were detained by the Customs authorities for action under the Customs Act, 1962.
The Hindu
14-05-2025
- The Hindu
Three women arrested with alleged hybrid ganja, drug-laced sweets worth ₹40 crore at Karipur airport in Kerala
Air Customs intelligence wing at the Calicut international airport, Karipur, seized 34 kg of allehed hybrid ganja and 15 kg of drug-smeared sweets worth nearly ₹40 crore from three women who arrived from Thailand on Wednesday (May 14, 2025). The women – Simi Balakrishnan, 39, from Thrissur, Rabiyat Saidu Zainuddin, 40, from Chennai and Kavita Rajesh Kumar, 40, from Chennai – reached Karipur on Air Asia's flight AK-33 from Thailand. They reached Karipur via Kuala Lumpur. Customs officers detained them on the basis of a tip-off, and recovered 35 kg of alleged hybrid ganja and 15 kg Thailand-made chocolate, cake and biscuit smeared in drugs. Customs officers said the drugs were valued at ₹40 crore in the international market.
