International Customs

KUWAIT: Customs officers discovered what seems to be a 170-cm-long Ancient Egyptian statue hidden inside a couch shipped by air....

Customs officials foil attempts to smuggle 17kg of drugs into Qatar

Airport customs officials have thwarted attempts by three men to smuggle some 17kg (37lb) of drugs, mostly marijuana, into Qatar,...

Thousands of Iraqi artifacts were once smuggled to Hobby Lobby. Now they’re going home.

About 3,800 artifacts, including Sumerian cuneiform tablets dating to 2100 B.C., that were illegally smuggled to retailer Hobby Lobby were...

Armed Forces dismantle terrorist smuggling network in border zone

AMMAN: he Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army (JAF) has acted on intelligence and follow-up by the Military Intelligence Department and...

Jawzjan police seize 88kg of opium from vehicle

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Police recovered 88 kilograms of opium from two men now in custody in this capital city of northern...

Three Taiwanese citizens arrested smuggling gold into India

TAIPEI: Three Taiwanese nationals have reportedly been arrested in Mumbai, India for smuggling gold hidden around their waists. The Times...

Passenger Attempts to Smuggle $50,000 Worth of Gold Through Airport Security in Grossest Way Possible

Airport security manages to spot all kinds of things, from rare animals to strange weapons, hidden in passengers’ bags. But...

FEBRUARY 06, 2018 Due to the shortage of supplies of NFA rice in the market, the prices of the regular and well-milled rice is rising from P1 to P3 per kilo in the six regional centers in the country. In this photo, owners of the stores refill the bins of the rice in front of their retail at Kamuning Market in Quezon City. INQUIRER PHOTO/ JAM STA ROSA

Villar to DOJ, PCC: Do a ‘sample’, sanction a rice smuggler

Senator Cynthia Villar urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) on Wednesday to sanction at least...

Thai woman arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal meth into Semarang

Airport personnel in Semarang, Central Java, thwarted an alleged drug smuggling attempt by a Thai national, according to the provincial...

Skilled personnel smuggled, exploited in South Africa

A charge of intimidation laid at Cape Town’s Muizenberg Police Station this week has apparently exposed a system of human...

Urk fishermen jailed for their role in international cocaine smuggling

The five-strong crew of a fishing boat from the staunchly religious village of Urk were jailed for up to six...

Spain, Portugal bust gang smuggling eels worth $625 million to Asia

MADRID—A joint investigation by Spanish and Portuguese authorities has brought down a criminal network that has been making lucrative profits...

Smugglers Switch To Poland To Avoid Fortress Europe

Moving to outflank the fences and walls of Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, people smugglers are now inserting their...

Hard times for Oman’s Strait smugglers

Khasab, Oman - Trade between this tip of the Arabian Peninsula and nearby Iran - lying only 50 kilometres across...

Five Indians arrested for smuggling gold in Nepal

Five Indian nationals were on Wednesday arrested for being in possession of over 3 kg of smuggled gold, worth whopping...

Arab expat arrested for marijuana smuggling in Kuwait

Kuwait: Customs officers at Kuwait International Airport arrested an Arab expatriate who tried to smuggle marijuana into the country by...

Qatar: Man Arrested For Smuggling Bacon In His Anal Cavity

Doha, Qatar | Customs officers at the Hamad International Airport, in the Qatari capital, have arrested a Yemeni man attempting...

Drugs, ammunition smuggling attempt thwarted at Jordan-Syria border

AMMAN — A security source at the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army has said that an eastern military zone unit, in...

Turkish Police Bust Iraq Car-Smuggling Gang

Five suspected members of an organized crime ring that was smuggling stolen cars into Iraq have reportedly been arrested in...

Woman among 28 held on drug smuggling charges