gold smuggling case

Known as the 'Golden Thief,' 42-year-old Subodh Singh from Nalanda has gained infamy for allegedly masterminding daring gold heists from behind bars at Purnia jail. The authorities are on high alert after a brazen robbery occurred in Telangana, suspected to be orchestrated with the help of illicit communication tools.

Pune airport is witnessing a shift in smuggling trends as traffickers increasingly favor high-profit hydroponic weed over gold. Driven by higher potency and profit margins, smugglers are exploiting Pune's lower cargo traffic as a transit hub. Recent seizures highlight the growing problem, with authorities tightening scrutiny on customs agents and international links.

Kannada actress Ranya Rao is set for release from jail after completing a year of preventive detention under the COFEPOSA Act. Arrested in a Rs 102 crore gold smuggling case, her release was delayed despite earlier bail. The case involves alleged hawala transactions and links to the film industry and police department.

Kannada actor Ranya Rao has been released from prison after completing her one-year detention under the COFEPOSA Act. She was arrested in March 2025 for allegedly smuggling 14.2 kilograms of gold at Kempegowda International Airport. Investigations revealed a larger operation involving 127 kilograms of smuggled gold, leading to a Rs 102.5 crore penalty.

The Kerala High Court on Monday granted bail to M Sivasankar, who is an accused in the gold smuggling case through diplomatic channel. He was the principal chief secretary of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan when the alleged smuggling occurred.

The National Investigation Agency court, here, on Tuesday placed Rabins K Hameed, who is tenth accused in the gold smuggling case, in the agency’s custody for seven days.

Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive) probing the Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case conducted raids at the house of a municipal councillor at Koduvally in Kozhikode and summoned him for questioning to its Kochi office.

The Customs department, which is probing the gold smuggling case, is learnt to have questioned the chartered accountant of M Sivasankar, former principal secretary to CM Pinarayi Vijayan, on Thursday evening.

The NIA special court in Kochi on Wednesday directed the agency to submit details of materials that led it to believe there was a ‘terror angle’ to the Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case.

Sleuths part of the multi-agency probe into the Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case will seek further evidence from the state protocol office relating to the smuggling of gold through diplomatic channel.

The customs department filed a complaint with the COFEPOSA Board against the prisons department alleging that customs officials were restricted from accompanying the visitors of gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh in prison.

Trying to stall the investigation may give an impression that there is something to hide, the Kerala high court said on Thursday citing a Supreme Court judgment while dismissing CM’s additional private secretary CM Raveendran’s plea in gold smuggling case.

A court in Kochi on Thursday granted conditional bail to ten accused arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Kerala gold smuggling case.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths probing the terror-funding angle in the Thiruvananthapuram gold smuggling case, took one of the masterminds, K T Ramees to various locations in the capital for gathering evidence.

The Congress in the state has demanded a CBI probe into the gold smuggling case along with the NIA probe. The political affairs committee meeting of the party that was held in the state capital on Friday demanded the state government to urge the Centre for a CBI probe.