After India raised gold import duties to 15%, industry insiders warn that gold smuggling could cross 100 tonnes this year. Here's why the grey market is making a comeback.


Higher Gold Import Duties Are Driving a Rise in Smuggling

Police on Thursday thwarted an attempt to smuggle about 6 kilogram of gold to Sri Lanka through Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district, and arrested one person.
Acting on a tip that gold was being smuggled to Sri Lanka by boat, Q Branch personnel maintained intense surveillance in the Vedaranyam coastal region on Thursday. That was when they spotted a man proceeding suspiciously on a two-wheeler from Aarukattuthurai, and intercepted him near Vizhundhamavadi village on the Vedaranyam-Nagapattinam main road.

Sri Lanka-bound 6 Kg Gold Seized Near Tamil Nadu

The special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged gold theft from the Sabarimala temple in Kerala has told a court that the matter is not limited to two items and that gold is missing from more artefacts in the temple.

Gold Separated Using Chemical Mixture at a Company in Chennai, Government Faces Heat

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) intercepted two individuals in Sirigaple, Changthang sub-sector, in eastern Ladakh on July 9, 2024, recovering 108 gold bars each weighing one kilogram. Following the incident, the ED has initiated a money laundering investigation linked to the case.


Over 1,000kg gold smuggled across LAC into Ladakh in 2 years: Here's how ED exposes deep-rooted syndicate

Gold smuggling cases are surging in Japan on the back of the rising price of the precious metal and the recovery of overseas tourists following the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch this report for more details!

Japan: Gold smuggling cases surge by 30%

An Air India passenger was arrested for smuggling gold from Jeddah into Delhi. The flight crew grew suspicious after the passenger refused to eat or drink anything during the five and a half hours flight. This report tells you what happened next.

Why Air India passenger was arrested after refusing food, drinks on flight

India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday (May 30) said they have detained an air hostess for allegedly smuggling nearly one kilogram of gold from Muscat to Kannur by hiding it in her rectum.

Air hostess detained for smuggling 1kg of gold inside rectum

The Delhi Customs on Thursday arrested two people, including a man who identified himself as Shiv Kumar Prasad, a staffer of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, in a gold smuggling case. Watch in for more details!

Shashi Tharoor's former aide arrested in gold smuggling case at Delhi Airport

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday (May 30) reacted to a report stating his personal assistant Shiv Kumar was detained at the Delhi airport for smuggling 500 grams of gold, saying the law must take its own course.

Former aide of Shashi Tharoor caught 'smuggling' gold at Delhi airport

Zimbabwe is being flushed of all its gold as a Diplomat turns gold smuggling into his profession. Officials say the country has lost billions of dollars due to illicit trade. Who is this Diplomat? What is the story of Zimbabwe's 'Gold Mafia'? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Meet Zimbabwe's 'Prophet of Fraud'

An Air India crew member was detained in Kerala, for attempting to smuggle gold. Shafi Sharaf, a Wayanad native, had 1,487 gm of gold paste wrapped around his forearms.

Air India cabin crew caught smuggling over 1.4 kg gold at Kochi airport, probe underway

A passenger smuggling gold was nabbed from the airport in Hyderabad, the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana on Tuesday. The Hyderabad Customs department acted based on a tip-off that a man from Sharjah was smuggling gold paste, following which the accused was detained.

Gold smuggler tries to one-up customs at Indian airport, plan backfires

Indian Cricketer Krunal Pandya was detained at the T2 International airport in Mumbai by the officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for allegedly being in possession of undisclosed gold and other valuables.

Indian Cricketer Krunal Pandya detained at Mumbai airport

Based on specific intelligence, Chennai Air Customs seized 1.45 kg gold (in foils) worth Rs.78.4 lakhs from a passenger’s personal goods. While the passenger had arrived earlier from Dubai, his personal belongings arrived later at the Unaccompanied Baggage Terminal.

Hidden in cardboard sheets, gold foil seized at Chennai airport

In three instances of Gold smuggling at the Chennai International Airport since the nationwide lockdown was imposed in March, Air Customs officials have seized a total of 2.

Chennai: Passengers smuggle gold via relief flights; 2.21Kg gold seized

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at six locations in Kerala in connection with the gold smuggling case. The agency also made six fresh arrests in the matter in the past three days.

Kerala gold smuggling case: NIA conducts searches at various locations, arrests 6

Swapna Suresh, a key suspect in the Kerala gold smuggling cases, has been taken in custody by National Investigation Agency in Bengaluru. Her family members have also been taken into custody by NIA, which is probing the case.

Kerala gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh taken into custody

Kerala government on Tuesday removed IAS officer M Sivasankar from the post of IT secretary. The government said that Mohammed Y. Safirulla will be the new IT secretary.

Kerala gold smuggling: IAS officer M Sivasankar removed from IT secretary post

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