Question : ARREST FOR CUSTOM EVASION



(a) the number of people apprehended by the Department of Customs at the airports and seaports of the country alongwith the details of amount involved in such cases during the last three years, year-wise;

(b) the number of people out of those apprehended against whom criminal cases were registered and the number of people who were set free alongwith the reasons therefore; and

(c) the number of cases of smuggling detected along the borders of the country and the number of people arrested in such cases?

Answer given by the minister


MINSTER OF 5TATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI S.5. PALANIMANICKAM)

(a) to (c): The information is being collected and the same will be laid down on the table of the House.