मैगज़्टर गोल्ड के साथ असीमित हो जाओ
10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं, समाचार पत्रों और प्रीमियम कहानियों तक असीमित पहुंच प्राप्त करें सिर्फ
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Hybrid weed smuggling outpaces gold after customs duty reduction
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
|May 10, 2025
Since July 2024, about 90kg hybrid ganja has been seized from Kochi airport alone
BELIEVE it or not. Hybrid ganja is fast emerging as the new 'gold' for international smuggling cartels having Kerala links. The Union government slashing the customs duty on imported gold from 15% to 6% in July 2024 has weaned many of the rackets away from smuggling of the precious metal and some of them have switched to smuggling of hybrid ganja as it fetches a higher profit margin, sources in the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs Preventive Commissionerate (CCP) told TNIE.
Customs Preventive Commissionerate sources said since the customs duty was slashed, in the last eight months, the seizure of gold was reduced by one-fifth.
यह कहानी The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram के May 10, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
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3 mins
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2 mins
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The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
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1 min
December 02, 2025
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
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3 mins
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The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
Sabarimala revenue soars 33% to ₹92 crore in first 15 days
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1 min
December 02, 2025
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
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OME winter, most people start cribbing about stretched skin, peeling lips, straw-like hair, and the general dryness that takes over. What I can't understand is this: if the same thing happens every single year, why don't we wise up and start preparing our skin and hair from autumn itself, so everything stays naturally nourished, moisturised, and pampered through the cold months ?.
2 mins
December 02, 2025
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
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1 min
December 02, 2025
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
Solar fencing to stop wild elephants from entering villages in J’khand
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1 mins
December 02, 2025
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