<h1>Customs seize 36 luxury cars smuggled from Bhutan with forged papers; probe into smuggling, tax fraud, money-laundering</h1> Customs authorities conducted coordinated raids across multiple locations, seizing 36 high-end vehicles allegedly smuggled into India from Bhutan with forged documents and counterfeit Army and foreign embassy seals. Investigations allege use of these cars for smuggling gold and narcotics, and reveal potential income-tax and GST evasion, money-laundering and possible links to terror financing. Authorities report manipulation of vehicle-registration records and sale via undocumented transactions. Seized vehicles may be forfeited; owners will be summoned for statements and face seizure and criminal proceedings if found complicit in import violations, forgery, smuggling, tax offences or related conspiracies.