2018 (2) TMI 686

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....urugan, AC (AR) for the Respondent. ORDER Per: Bench The appellants had filed courier Shipping Bill dated 03.12.2011 for export of parcel declaring the consignment to contain books sent by one Shri Okora Wisdom, Mumbai, which on the basis of information was intercepted by Air cargo Intelligence Unit on 05.12.2011 at Chennai. The parcel was declared as reading books and consigned to Shri R....

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....than, submitted that the allegation in the show cause notice was that the appellants failed to check the documents submitted in support of the shipping bills as well as the shipping bill. The only contravention alleged would therefore be Regulation 13 (a) of Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Amendment Regulations, 2010 and that the penalty imposed in any case is high. 3. On the other hand....

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....he exporter. Several persons were involved in the said act including various courier service agents. The said racket indulged in smuggling of narcotic drugs was busted by the intervention of intelligence unit of the Air cargo. That the original authority had imposed penalty on courier agents like M/s. DPEX Worldwide, Shri Sanjay R. Thakur, Proprietor of M/s. Globe Trotters, M/s. Prince Couriers et....