KOCHI: While ‘ Operation Numkhor ’ resulted in seizure of 36 high-end vehicles allegedly smuggled into India as second-hand imports, in a single day, the operation was the culmination of meticulous planning and a 5 to 6 month-long investigation by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, targeting a Coimbatore-based gang.

“Based on intelligence from multiple sources, including the DRI, we confirmed that high-end cars were being smuggled into India via the Indo-Bhutan border. This led to a coordinated crackdown ‘Operation Numkhor.’ In Bhutan’s Dzongkha language, Numkhor means vehicle,” said Customs Preventive Commissioner T Tiju.

Tiju said intelligence inputs pointed to a Coimbatore-based gang involved in smuggling vehicles from Bhutan into India, with strong connections to hi

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