Customs seize gold worth Rs 4.65 lakh at Mangaluru airport
- | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019
Customs officials on March 16, March 11, March 9 and March 4 had detected cases of passengers trying to smuggle gold paste hidden in their rectums, while on March 3 had busted a case where attempt was made to clandestinely bring in gold concealed as silver coated plate in heating element of an electric travel cooker MANGALURU: Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) busted a new modus operandi of smuggling gold and seized foreign origin gold of 24-Karat purity weighing 142.70 grams net valued at Rs 4.65 lakh from an air passenger.The gold was concealed in the form of 32 mercury coated pieces in four magnetic bracelets that a passenger who arrived from Dubai by Spice Jet flight SG60 on March 19 had concealed in check in luggage.This detection has bucked a recent trend of passenger trying to smuggle gold in paste form stashed in their rectums.
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