14 Customs officers arrested at Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint
SOFIA: 14 customs officers detained at Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint were released from custody by the Specialised Criminal Court...
Nigerian Customs chief warns officers against taking hard drugs
ABUJA: Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd), has warned officers and men against taking hard drugs...
Customs officer faces Court accused of theft
ABACO: A Department of Customs officer in Abaco was charged with stealing by reason of employment and forgery in the...
SL Customs on strike at Bandaranaike Int’l Airport
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Customs officials who took part in a strike this morning at the Bandaranaike International Airport has called...
Singapore Customs seizes worth S$1.3m llegal ivory, pangolin scales
SINGAPORE: An illegal shipment of elephant tusks and pangolin scales – worth an estimated S$1.3 million – was seized by...
Kenya Revenue Authority upgrading new customs software
NAIROBI: The Kenya Revenue Authority will install a new customs software early next year to replace the faulty Simba system....
New Customs office to open at Appleton International Airport
GREENVILLE: It's been 4 years in the works, but the new U.S. Customs Office puts the "international" in the recently...
HK Customs seizes HK$52m worth cigarettes during raid
HONG KONG: Untaxed European Union-made cigarettes worth HK$52 million have been confiscated in Hong Kong during a joint operation between...
Ukraine imports to Russia faces customs tax
MOSCOW: The Russian presidential decree to suspend the implementation of the Commonwealth of Independent States free trade deal in regard...
UAE Customs launches ‘Tam’ electronic clearing system
DUBAI: Authorities in the UAE collect four per cent customs duty from traders. This will be now transferred to the...
Hamilton man sentenced 2 yrs jail in illegal drugs shipment
HAMILTON: A 22-year-old Hamilton man has been sentenced to two years and seven months’ imprisonment for importing and possessing drugs....
Nigerian man arrested at Karachi airport in cocaine smuggling case
KARACHI: Pakistan Customs on Wednesday seized more than one kilogram of cocaine from a Nigerian national at Karachi airport. Officials...
Saudi Customs foils attempt to smuggle 1.622 kg heroine at airport
RIYADH: The custom officials at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah have foiled an attempt to smuggle cocaine into...
Cigarette smuggler sentenced to 5 yrs jail
SINGAPORE: A key member of a contraband cigarette smuggling syndicate has been sentenced to five years in jail for his...
Indian steel industry alleges undervaluation in import of HR coils
NEW DELHI: Industry body Indian Steel Association (ISA) has approached the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) alleging undervaluation...
66 drug-addicted Customs officers to go
ABUJA: The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), on Thursday said 66 officers found to be...
HK Customs seizes 53 000 sticks of illicit cigarettes in two vehicles
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs detected two suspected cases of distributing illicit cigarettes at public housing estates. A total of...
Indian Customs foils attempt to smuggle drugs at airport
NEW DELHI: The Customs Department scored a major success Wednesday when it foiled an attempt by an Indian National to...
Chennai Customs officials come under scanner
CHENNAI: A CBI team, consisting of 12 members, today raided the airport here in connection with alleged irregularities over smuggled...
Customs seizes worth $9m meth hidden in coffee table
WELLINGTON: Fifteen packets of the drug, worth around $9 million, were carefully concealed to try to avoid detection in a...
