Operation Numkhor: Customs perform raid to curb unlawful automobile imports to Kerala from Bhutan

Kochi: Sleuths from the Customs Preventive wing are finishing up raids at a number of places throughout Kerala aimed toward monitoring down these bringing autos from Bhutan to India by means of pretend registrations to evade tax, official sources stated right here on Tuesday.

Among the many places the place the raids–codenamed “Operation Numkhor”–are being carried out are the residences of Malayalam actors Prithviraj and Dulquer Salmaan, they stated.

Within the Bhutanese language, ‘Numkhor' means ‘automobile'.
The raids are progressing concurrently in varied places, together with Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Malappuram.

Customs officers stated the raids have been being carried out after cases of high-end autos being introduced from Bhutan as second-hand ones with out paying tax.

There are round 15 such violations, they stated.

Requested in regards to the raids on the residences of the movie stars, an official on the Customs Preventive Commissionerate stated the paperwork of their autos are being examined.