Turkey seizes 13 tons of drugs in international waters

STERLING: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized 15 hoverboards with counterfeit and potentially dangerous batteries in Sterling, Va., on...

Port Hedland iron ore exports rise in December

PERTH: Iron ore cargoes from Australia's Port Hedland climbed last month to cap a record year as billionaire Gina Rinehart's...

Malaysia imposes 3 month ban on bauxite exports to fight pollution

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has decided to halt the mining of bauxite in Pahang, the largest producing state, for three months...

Abalone, heroin seized at Cape Town airport, Beitbridge border

JOHANNESBURG: Two people were arrested after customs officials confiscated heroin and abalone at the Beitbridge border post and Cape Town...

2 accused of smuggling meth from Hong Kong

HAGÅTÑA: Two women have been accused in federal court of bringing methamphetamine into Guam from Hong Kong. Tsz Kei Lee...

Woman accused of smuggling drugs, weapons

DECATUR: Two women from Lacey's Spring are accused of smuggling contraband to a relative incarcerated in the Morgan County Jail....

6 people arrested for smuggling 200 kg of cannabis to Denmark

BARCELONA: Six friends in their 60s have been arrested for smuggling hundreds of kilograms of cannabis from Spain to Denmark,...

Azerbaijan Customs destroys 100 kg of narcotic, psychotropic substances

BAKU: The State Customs Committee informs that last year the SCC Investigative Committee initiated 266 criminal cases. "Last year 228...

US Customs drones hacked by drug cartels

NEW YORK: The US Department of Homeland Security, along with the US Customs and Border have reported that the Mexican...

Nigeria Customs blames importers on cargo clearance delays

ABUJA: The Nigeria Customs Service at the weekend took a swipe at some importers and their clearing agents over delays...

Customs intercept large batch of weed

WILLEMSTAD: Customs has earlier this week intercepted 130 kilos of marijuana. The drugs were hidden in a container from Panama....

Qatar arrests smuggler with $1.2m in diamonds, pearls

DOHA: Qatar has arrested a man who tried to smuggle US$1.2 million (Dh4.4m) worth of diamonds and pearls into the...

Dar briefed on proposed amendments in AGP’s Ordinance

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar here on Wednesday chaired a briefing session on proposed amendments in the Auditor General...

Taiwan’s CPI plunges 0.31% in 2015

TAIPEI: Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) fell for a fall year in 2015 for the first time since 2009 when...

Indonesia’s proposal to import 200,000 cattle’s from Australia

CANBERRA: Barnaby Joyce, Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, welcomed Indonesia's recommendation to import 200,000 cattles from Australia in...

Sales of new vehicles in Australia rise steadily in Dec

SYDNEY: Sales of new vehicles in Australia rose solidly in December to make 2015 a record-breaking year for the sector,...

Ensure source of payment for non-LC imports, Dar urges FBR, SBP

ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)...

Iran to give Pakistan 100MW electricity this month

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is importing 100MW electricity from neighbouring Iran this month, revealed a Gulf newspaper. Khaleej Times reported that the...

FIA nabs two more human smugglers