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Kannada actor Ranya Rao has been released from prison after completing her one-year detention under the cofeposa act. She was arrested in March 2025 for allegedly smuggling 14.2 kilograms of gold at Kempegowda International Airport. Investigations revealed a larger operation involving 127 kilograms of smuggled gold, leading to a Rs 102.5 crore penalty.

Kannada actress Ranya Rao is set for release from jail after completing a year of preventive detention under the cofeposa act. Arrested in a Rs 102 crore gold smuggling case, her release was delayed despite earlier bail. The case involves alleged hawala transactions and links to the film industry and police department.

The high court on Friday quashed the continued preventive detention of gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh under the cofeposa act.

The Kerala high court on Friday quashed the continued preventive detention of 'diplomatic gold smuggling' accused Swapna Suresh under the cofeposa act.

Chennai Customs have detained YouTuber Sabir Ali and a Sri Lankan national under the cofeposa act for smuggling 267 kg of gold through Chennai airport. They orchestrated the operation using a souvenir shop as a front. A panel of three judges will review their detention to determine its validity.

The Union government has invoked the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (Cofeposa) Act against actor Ranya Rao, daughter of an IPS officer, in connection with an alleged gold-smuggling case. Currently in judicial custody, her bail petitions have been rejected by lower courts.

The central crime branch of the city police on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old smuggler under the COFEPOSA (conservation of foreign exchange and prevention of smuggling activities) Act and remanded him in prison.

Kannada actress Ranya Rao, embroiled in a gold smuggling case, seeks statutory bail after the DRI missed the chargesheet deadline. Despite the plea, the Central Government invoked the cofeposa act, ensuring continued detention. Rao, along with associates, faces allegations of smuggling over 100 kg of gold.

Prema Jethabhai Patel, a resident of Navsari, was on Sunday arrested under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (COFEPOSA) Act, 1974 by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).

In a politically sensitive case involving the LDF government in Kerala, the Centre has decided to move the Supreme Court against an order of the Kerala High Court quashing the detention of Swapna Suresh, prime accused in the diplomatic gold smuggling case, under the stringent Cofeposa (Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act).

Kannada actress Ranya Rao, arrested for smuggling gold worth ₹12.56 crore from Dubai, was granted default bail due to a delayed chargesheet. Despite this, she remains detained under the cofeposa act, preventing her release. Her legal team has challenged the detention order in court, while investigations into her involvement in a larger smuggling network continue.

A leading Chinese cellphone importer has been booked under stringent anti-smuggling law under Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (COFEPOSA) Act.

ALLAHABAD: A division bench of the Allahabad High Court, in a significant judgment, has directed the Director, CBI, New Delhi to conduct an inquiry about the nexus between the economic offenders and the government officials in the ministry of finance. The court has asked the CBI to submit the report in the court within four months.

The customs department filed a complaint with the COFEPOSA Board against the prisons department alleging that customs officials were restricted from accompanying the visitors of gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh in prison.