International Customs

NEW YORK: US Customs and Border helicopter crew fired warning shots to stop a panga boat suspected of smuggling marijuana...

BRASILIA: BRICs membership of Brazil and Russia has faced danger and membership may expire by the end of this decade...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan main stock index fell 1.96 percent, or 147.18 points, to close at 7,366.68, its lowest for two...

MUSCAT: Oman's budget deficit could be around OMR4.3 billion and OMR6.8 billion this year, if the average oil price hovers...

PARIS: France government announced that it had decided to sell a €308 million ($381 million) stake in the firm that...

DHAKA: The paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 33 kg of gunpowder from a bordering village in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila....

MADRID: A young Brazilian mum has been arrested amid claims she tried to smuggle a £50,000 cocaine haul into Spain...

ERBIL:  Iran’s vice president has accused the previous government of smuggling $22 billion of oil money out of the country...

SAN CLEMENTE:  Border Patrol agents arrested a 23-year-old U.S. citizen who had six illegal aliens inside his vehicle. Agents observed...

SAO PAULO: Brazil’s government announced measures to assist the transport of what is expected to be a record grain harvest...

BEIRUT: Lebanon Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle illegal products into Lebanon here on Tuesday. It is being said that...

NASSAU: The smuggling of illicit items into the facilities of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is a serious violation...

JAKARTA: The government has foiled plans to smuggle protected marine species abroad at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten. Head...

MUMBAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized diamond-studded gold jewellery worth Rs 16 crore that nine people had...

BANGALORE: Bangalore police have seized 6 tonnes of red sanders stored in a shed at Pillagumpe Industrial Area, near Hoskote...

BANGKOK:  Thailand joined the Global Container Control Program, an initiative aimed at minimizing the exploitation of maritime containers for the...

PENANG: Malaysian police have seized cannabis worth RM300,000 from a car in Kubang Semang at 8.30pm here the other day....

WASHINGTON: A 23-year-old was arrested after San Diego Border Patrol agents said he tried to smuggle six Mexican nationals into...

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysian Customs has made its biggest drug bust in three years with the seizure of almost 26kg of...

LONDON:  The European Union has lifted a ban on the importation of mangoes from India. Alphonso mangoes were barred from...