Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit at Trichy Airport seized 1025.12 grams of 24K purity worth Rs 64.51 lakh from a passenger arriving from Kuala Lampur, officials said.
On the basis of specific Intelligence developed, the AIU identified and intercepted one male passenger, a resident of Bhopal, flying from Sharjah (a city in UAE) to Indore, on January 6 here. He was travelling from Dubai to Indore and on being questioned, he could offer no plausible reason f
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at the Cochin airport in Kerala seized over 700 grams of gold from a passenger who arrived from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah on Sunday.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Trichy Airport confiscated 432 grams of 24k gold, valued at Rs 27.41 lakh, from a passenger arriving from Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), officials said.
"On the basis of profiling done by AIU batch intercepted one lady passenger, Jossy from Kozhikode, at the green channel, who arrived from Italy to Cochin via Doha vide Flight QR516," said officials.
As per officials, "Based on profiling, the officers of the Cochin Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted a passenger who arrived from Jeddah by flight SV 784 at the green channel."
"On the basis of profiling done by the officers of the AIU batch, we intercepted a passenger who had arrived from Dubai by flight No.AI 934. During the examination, five buttons stitched to three pairs of jeans, one hair clip and one ring totaling 216 gram were recovered during the personal
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at the Cochin airport in Kerala seized four foreign origin gold chains weighing 499.9 grams worth 26,93,861 and having a purity of 24 carats from a passenger from Abu Dhabi (UAE) on Thursday, said an official statement from Customs.
The gold bar was extracted from gold paste kept in capsules concealed in the rectum by the passenger. The seized gold, weighing 717 grams, was priced at Rs 42.91 lakhs, a Customs Department official said.
During the examination of the said passenger, 3 capsules of gold in compound form weighing 874 grams concealed inside his body were recovered and seized, added officials.
One person was detained after the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Kochi seized gold worth Rs 50 lakhs concealed in cylindrical shaped capsules from a passenger who arrived from Jeddah on Sunday.