The Air Intelligence Unit of Hyderabad Customs in coordination with the batch officers of Airport Customs, intercepted 23 passengers at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, officials said on Wednesday. Four were arrested and a total quantity of 14.9063 kg of gold was seized.
On the basis of profiling done by the officers of the customs AIU A batch, a passenger coming from Sharjah to Kochi Airport by flight G9 426 was intercepted at the green channel.
The Customs department has seized gold and foreign currency worth crores from different passengers at the Mumbai airport, the officials said on Friday.
Officials of the customs department at Trichy international airport seized foreign currency of USD 10,000 concealed in the undergarments of a male passenger, officials said on Saturday.
Earlier on January 6, altogether six kg of heroin and cocaine worth over Rs 47 crore were seized in two separate cases at the Mumbai airport, customs officials said.
Mumbai Airport Customs said on Tuesday that it arrested an Indian passenger, who was allegedly honey-trapped into smuggling 2.8 kg cocaine, valued at Rs 28.10 crores.
As many as six passengers were intercepted, while one was arrested by the Coimbatore Directorate of Revenue Intelligence who brought gold in concealment from Sharjah, informed officials on Monday.
Mumbai Airport customs officials have seized 4.47kg heroin estimated to be worth Rs 31.29 crores and 1.596 kg cocaine worth Rs 15.96 crores in two separate cases at the Mumbai international airport during its drive against drug smuggling, officials said on Friday.
The foreign national in his complaint told the Deputy Collector Customs that a custom official was kind to him in passing his personal baggage from the airport without any hassle in return for huge amounts of bribe money.