Articles tagged under: Mundra Port

ACB Gujarat arrests two Custom Superintendents, a middleman at Mundra Port

February 26, 2024
ACB Gujarat arrests two Custom Superintendents, a middleman at Mundra Port

Mundra: Anti Corruption Burea (ACB) of Gujarat Police has nabbed two Superintendents of Customs department at Mundra in Kutch along with a middleman. The accused are identified as Shailesh Gangdev (Superintendent of Customs, class 2 officer), Alokkumar Dube, Superintendent of Customs (Preventive department, class 2 officer), and middleman Ramesh Gadhvi. According to ACB, a complainant in this case had ordered handbags from abroad, a container of which arrived at Mundra port. The accused cu...Read More

DRI seizes foreign antique items worth over Rs. 26 crores at Mundra CFS

September 12, 2023
DRI seizes foreign antique items worth over Rs. 26 crores at Mundra CFS

Kutch: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized antiques worth crores of rupees from a shipping container at the Container Freight Station (CFS) in Mundra, said the agency on Monday. The container had originated from the UAE. The market value of the seized items, including antique idols and pictures, is estimated at Rs 26.80 crore. According to a press release by the DRI, based on privately received information, the agency identified a container that was imported from Jebel Al...Read More

CONCOR starts weekly train connecting Varnama to Mundra Port

August 24, 2023
CONCOR starts weekly train connecting Varnama to Mundra Port

Vadodara: Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) has started a weekly train from Varnama logistic park near Vadodara to Mundra port. A weekly rail service is started from Gati Shakti multimodal cargo terminal in Varnama to Mundra port. CONCOR has started the weekly train which will run on every Saturday. The service kicked off from 12th August- Saturday. Gati Shakti multimodal cargo terminal chief manager Rajat Gupta said that the service will be helpful for delivery of containers for the...Read More

Rs. 10.4 crore worth cocaine found from an Ecuador origin container in Kutch

August 08, 2023
Rs. 10.4 crore worth cocaine found from an Ecuador origin container in Kutch

Bhuj: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 1.04 kg cocaine that has market value estimated at over Rs. 10.4 crore from Gandhidham in Kutch district of Gujarat. On suspicion, DRI had stopped a container at AV Joshi warehouse in Mithirohar village of Kutch during which one packet was found suspicious. DRI had received information that some goods being imported from Ecuador possibly contain drugs. The consignment landed at Mundra port from Ecuador. Its total weight was 22...Read More

DRIએ 17 કરોડ રૂપિયાની વિદેશી બ્રાન્ડની સિગારેટનો જંગી જથ્થો જપ્ત કર્યો

October 13, 2022
DRIએ 17 કરોડ રૂપિયાની વિદેશી બ્રાન્ડની સિગારેટનો જંગી જથ્થો જપ્ત કર્યો

મુન્દ્રા: એક મોટા ઘટનાક્રમમાં, ડિરેક્ટોરેટ ઑફ રેવન્યુ ઈન્ટેલિજન્સ (DRI) એ 11મી ઑક્ટોબર 2022ના રોજ મુન્દ્રા બંદરેથી રૂ. 17 કરોડની કિંમતની વિદેશી બ્રાન્ડની સિગારેટ (માન્ચેસ્ટર)નું કન્ટેનર જપ્ત કર્યુ...Read More

Gujarat CM inaugurates Portbiz Industrial Park in Kutch

October 01, 2022
Gujarat CM inaugurates Portbiz Industrial Park in Kutch

Gandhidham: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today dedicated a Portbiz Industrial Park at Bhadreshwar in Kutch. The industrial park is spread across 175 acres of land. Ground breaking of some 10 units took place today in this park which is close to Mundra and Kandla Ports and two nearby airports.  The park is set up by Ambaji Group and Kiran Group. CEO of Recliners India which has set up its furniture making unit in this Industrial Park in his speech informed that his company is going ...Read More

Mundra Port Drug Case: NIA files charge sheet against nine

August 30, 2022
Mundra Port Drug Case: NIA files charge sheet against nine

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a supplementary charge sheet against 9 people in the case relating to the seizure of 3000kg of Heroin at Mundra Port in Gujarat last year. With the addition of these nine people including 4 Afghan nationals, the number of accused in the case now stand at 25. In past, the NIA had filed a charge sheet against 16 people. Six of them are still absconding. The charge sheet was filed in a special NIA court in Ahmedabad against th...Read More

NIA arrests 2 including Delhi based club owner in 3,000-kg Mundra port drug case

August 26, 2022
NIA arrests 2 including Delhi based club owner in 3,000-kg Mundra port drug case

New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday, arrested a Businessman based in Delhi in a Mundra Port drug seizure case. The detained Kabir Talwar also known as Harpreet Talwar, runs a Night club named Playboy in Delhi's Samrat Hotel. The NIA has also taken into custody another businessman named Prince Sharma as part of the investigation. As per the reports, The arrested accused are a part of an international drug smuggling network. Furthermore, the accused are involved in the...Read More

Mundra Port narcotics case: Gujarat ATS nabs one from Punjab

July 18, 2022
Mundra Port narcotics case: Gujarat ATS nabs one from Punjab

Kutch: A man was arrested from Punjab on Sunday in connection to the seizure of heroin worth Rs 376 core by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) near Munda Port on July 12. As per Prosecutor Kalpesh Goswami, the accused Deepak Kingar was produced before the Special Court of Justice Chirag Shah, who remanded him to the custody of Gujarat ATS till July 27. The ATS had demanded 14 days of custody but the court granted only 10 days. The Gujarat ATS on July 12, had seized about 70 kg of he...Read More

Gujarat ATS seizes a huge consignment of drugs at Mundra Port

July 12, 2022
Gujarat ATS seizes a huge consignment of drugs at Mundra Port

Kutch: Gujarat anti-terror squad (ATS) has taken hold of a big consignment of drugs today morning in a raid at Mundra port that started in the late evening on Monday. ATS officials said they seized drugs from Mundra port, mainly heroin. The consignment was coming from the Middle East. An announcement will be made in the next few hours regarding the quantity and value of that consignment. Sources in the Police state that ATS has been carrying out search operations with the Directorate of R...Read More