KOCHI: Customs officials are conducting inspections at the residences of Malayalam film actors Prithviraj and Dulquer Salmaan as part of Operation Numkoor. The inspections are ongoing at Prithviraj's house in Thevara and Dulquer Salmaan's house in Panampilly Nagar.
Operation Numkoor is conducted nationwide by customs officials following the discovery that luxury cars were being smuggled into India via Bhutan without paying taxes. The team reached Prithviraj's house in Thiruvananthapuram but had to return as there were no vehicles there. Inspections are being carried out at 30 locations in Kerala today.
There are certain exemptions when importing luxury vehicles from abroad to Bhutan. These vehicles are later registered with fake addresses and smuggled to various parts of India. There wil