International Customs

MADURAI: Customs officials seized 2.3 kilogram of gold from two fishermen in Rameswaram, cost Rs 57 lakh. The officials raided...

RIYADH:  Customs officers in Saudi Arabia's al-Haditha checkpoint foiled an attempt to smuggle 1.2 million narcotic pills into the country,...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti General Administration of Customs stated that four kilograms of narcotics were seized at Abdali border checkpoint. Director General...

BERLIN: Wolfgang Schaeuble, German Finance Minister expressed his reservations against the European Central Bank launching a bond buying stimulus programme...

IRAQ: Iraq’s plan for the higher oil exports, preparing the ground for flows of 300, 000 barrels per day, may...

DUBAI: A 30-year-old drug smuggler who smuggled 24 kilograms of heroin into Dubai has got his imprisonment reduced to 10...

BANGKOK: The country's economic growth is expected to come in at 4% in the first quarter of 2015, driven by...

HONG KONG: A New Zealand man named De Malmanche Antony Glen has been arrested at Ngurah Raj airport Customs personnel...

AZERBAIJAN: Azerbaijani border guards foiled the smuggling of a large amount of drugs from Iran to Azerbaijan. As a result...

SINGAPORE: Singapore has filed criminal charges against Chinpo Shipping Company for assisting in smuggling missiles and fighter jets from Cuba...

KENYA: The Kenyan government is worried about the misconduct of some Chinese firms, numbered three,  who are involved in smuggling...

MOMBASA:  Kenya and Ugandan government have reached an agreement to end the transit cargo clearance boycott, which was being observed...

MANILA: Environmental justice group BAN Toxics (BT) lauded the Bureau of Customs for intercepting an illicit mercury shipment from China...

MOSCOW: Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has announced that a deficit in next year's budget for the 2018 FIFA World Cup...

BRASILIA: The World Trade Organization established a panel to examine a complaint by the European Union that Brazil imposed heavy...

BERLIN: COREPER, the EU's Permanent Representatives Committee, has approved an agreement with the European Union aimed at cracking down on...

TOKYO: McDonald's Japan said Friday it will resume serving all portion sizes of fries on Jan. 5 after resolving shortages...

HANOI: The Vietnam Anti Drug Team has arrested three drugs smugglers included woman and seized 780 synthetic drugs tablets here...

WASHINGTON: US-Costa Rican Coast Guards have seized 1.5 metric tons of cocaine and arrested eleven smugglers in the joint operation,...

BANKOK:  Railway police Authorities have seized 126,000 methamphetamine pills with a street value of up to 38 million baht in...