The Customs officials at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi arrested a passenger with gold worth Rs. 69 lakh concealed in a mixer on Thursday.
The Customs air intelligence unit at Chennai airport on Wednesday foiled another smuggling attempt by smugglers and apprehended two passengers who arrived from Muscat, Oman.
The police have identified the arrested persons as main accused Mohammed Khaja Mohiuddin, Rayees Ahmed Sayeed Hussain Lanka, Sarim Hussain, and Fouzan from the City College X Road, Hyderabad.
Kumar, a native of Kollam district in Kerala was intercepted by customs officials after walking suspiciously, on intercepting him it was revealed he had concealed 1,032 grams of gold worth Rs 49 lakh inside a pair of sandals, officials said.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 20 (ANI): The Customs officials apprehended a man who smuggled gold by dipping bath towels in liquid gold and then packing them well from the Kochi airport, informed the officials on Thursday.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 18 (ANI): The Customs officials intercepted a passenger coming from Dunai at Kochi airport and seized gold worth Rs 33 lakh.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 14 (ANI): Customs officials on Friday seized gold worth Rs 43 lakh from a passenger coming from Abu Dhabi at the Kochi airport.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 13 (ANI): Mumbai Airport customs seized 15 kgs of gold valued at Rs 7.87 crore in four cases and foreign currency worth Rs 22 lakh in two different cases on Tuesday and Wednesday and arrested seven people in total, the customs official said.